So well that I can live without (Dickinson, set by (Ernst Bacon, Jake Heggie)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

So well that I can live without

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE

So well that I can live without --
I love thee -- then How well is that?
As well as Jesus?
Prove it me
That He -- loved Men --
As I -- love thee --

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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 well as Jesus?", c1935. [voice, piano] [
text not verified
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by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "As well as Jesus?", 1995. [soprano and piano] [
text not verified
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-30
Line count: 6
Word count: 30