by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Mountains ‑‑ grow unnoticed
Language: English
The Mountains -- grow unnoticed -- Their Purple figures rise Without attempt -- Exhaustion -- Assistance -- or Applause -- In Their Eternal Faces The Sun -- with just delight Looks long -- and last -- and golden -- For fellowship -- at night --
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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 Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), "The mountains -- grow unnoticed", published 1968 [ SSAA chorus and piano ], from In Nature's Ebb and Flow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Leland Clarke (1907 - 1992), "The Mountains -- grow unnoticed", 1965 [ medium voice and viola or violin ], from Emily Dickinson Canons [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 34