by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It's easy to invent a Life —
Language: English
It's easy to invent a Life — God does it — every Day — Creation — but the Gambol Of His Authority — It's easy to efface it — The thrifty Deity Could scarce afford Eternity To Spontaneity — The Perished Patterns murmur — But His Perturbless Plan Proceed — inserting Here — a Sun — There — leaving out a Man —
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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 Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "It's easy to invent a Life", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Summer. Life. Song. -- 2. Life Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 63