by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Forever – is composed of Nows –
Language: English
Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time – Except for Infiniteness – And Latitude of Home – From this – experienced Here – Remove the Dates – to These – Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years – Without Debate – or Pause – Or Celebrated Days – No different Our Years would be From Anno Dominies –
D. Henderson sets stanzas 1, 2, 1, 3, 1
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- 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 Derek Henderson , "Forever is composed of nows", stanzas 1,2,1,3,1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 69