by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Behind Me ‑‑ dips Eternity
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Behind Me -- dips Eternity -- Before Me -- Immortality -- Myself -- the Term between -- Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray, Dissolving into Dawn away, Before the West begin -- 'Tis Kingdoms -- afterward -- they say -- In perfect -- pauseless Monarchy -- Whose Prince -- is Son of None -- Himself -- His Dateless Dynasty -- Himself -- Himself diversify -- In Duplicate divine -- 'Tis Miracle before Me -- then -- 'Tis Miracle behind -- between -- A Crescent in the Sea -- With Midnight to the North of Her -- And Midnight to the South of Her -- And Maelstrom -- in the Sky --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Brian Holmes (b. 1946), "Behind Me -- dips Eternity" [soprano, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra], from Amherst Requiem, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 85