by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The hallowing of Pain
Language: English
Our translations: GER
The hallowing of Pain Like hallowing of Heaven, Obtains at a corporeal cost -- The Summit is not given To Him who strives severe At middle of the Hill -- But He who has achieved the Top -- All -- is the price of All --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945 [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 Alan Leichtling , "The hallowing of Pain", op. 47 no. 2, published 1969 [ baritone, violoncello ], from 3 Songs by Emily Dickinson, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 42