by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
A Door just opened on a street
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
A Door just opened on a street - I - lost - was passing by - An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed - And Wealth - and Company - The Door as [instant]1 shut - And I - I - lost - was passing by - Lost doubly - but by contrast - most - [Informing]2 - Misery -
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Clyne: "sudden"
2 Clyne: "Enlightening"
Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1864 [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 Anna Clyne (b. 1980), "As sudden shut", first performed 2013 [ 3 female voices, instrumental ensemble ], Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-27
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Word count: 59