by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
In this short Life
Language: English
In this short Life That only lasts an hour How much -- how little -- is Within our power
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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "In this short Life", 1999 [satb chorus a cappella], from By a departing light, no. 2. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "In questa vita breve", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Nur eine Stund", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 17