by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I stole them from a Bee
Language: English
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I stole them from a Bee – Because – Thee – Sweet plea – He pardoned me!
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 Johannes Boris Borowski (b. 1979), "I stole them from a Bee", 2017, first performed 2022 [ soprano, clarinet and piano ], from Nobody, no. 1, Berlin: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 18