by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
We talked as Girls do
Language: English
Our translations: GER
We talked as Girls do -- Fond, and late -- We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave -- Of ours, none affair -- We handled Destinies, as cool -- As we -- Disposers -- be -- And God, a Quiet Party To our Authority -- But fondest, dwelt upon Ourself As we eventual -- be -- When Girls to Women, softly raised We -- occupy -- Degree -- We parted with a contract To cherish, and to write But Heaven made both, impossible Before another 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 Russell Smith (b. 1927), "We talked as Girls do" [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wir sprachen, wie es Mädchen tun", copyright © 2016, (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: 16
Word count: 74