by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
As if the Sea should part
Language: English
As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea -- And that -- a further -- and the Three But a presumption be -- Of Periods of Seas -- Unvisited of Shores -- Themselves the Verge of Seas to be -- Eternity -- is Those --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "As if the sea should part", 1931, published 1932 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The Sea", published 1971 [ SSAA chorus and piano ], from Nature [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Eternity" [ high voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "As if the Sea should part", first performed 1987 [ SSAATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Dickinson Settings, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wallingford Riegger (1885 - 1961), "Eternity", op. 32a, published 1945 [ SSA chorus, flute, 2 horns, contrabass ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 39