by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
These ‑‑ saw Visions
Language: English
These -- saw Visions -- Latch them softly -- These -- held Dimples -- Smooth them slow -- This -- addressed departing accents -- Quick -- Sweet Mouth -- to miss thee so -- This -- We stroked -- Unnumbered Satin -- These -- we held among our own -- Fingers of the Slim Aurora -- Not so arrogant -- this Noon -- These -- adjust -- that ran to meet us -- Pearl -- for Stocking -- Pearl for Shoe -- Paradise -- the only Palace Fit for Her reception -- now --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Unpublished poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1935 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]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 Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "These saw visions", published 1944. [low voice, piano] [ sung text not verified ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 67