by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To be forgot by thee
Language: English
To be forgot by thee Surpasses Memory Of other minds The Heart cannot forget Unless it contemplate What it declines I was regarded then Raised from oblivion A single time To be remembered what — Worthy to be forgot Is my renown
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Logan Skelton , "To be forgot by thee", 2008 [ soprano and piano ], from Dickinson Songs, Book 2: The Unknown Peninsula, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 42