by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I am afraid to own a Body –
Language: English
I am afraid to own a Body – I am afraid to own a Soul – Profound – precarious Property – Possession, not optional – Double Estate – entailed at pleasure Upon an unsuspecting Heir – Duke in a moment of Deathlessness And God, for a Frontier.
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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 Sarah Nemtsov (b. 1980), no title, 2007, first performed 2007 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from For a Frontier, no. 1, Berlin : Edition Nova Vita [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-14
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Word count: 47