by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I saw no Way — The Heavens were stitched...
Language: English
I saw no Way — The Heavens were stitched — I felt the Columns close — The Earth reversed her Hemispheres — I touched the Universe — And back it slid — and I alone — A Speck upon a Ball — Went out upon Circumference — Beyond the Dip of Bell —
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text not yet checked 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "I saw no Way", 2004 [ chorus ], from A Letter to the World, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Smit (1921 - 1999), "I saw no Way — The Heavens were stitched —", 1990 [ voice and piano ], from Beyond Circumference, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-03
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Word count: 53