by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I shall keep singing!
Language: English
Our translations: GER
I shall keep singing! Birds will pass me On their way to Yellower Climes -- Each -- with a Robin's expectation -- I -- with my Redbreast -- And my Rhymes -- Late -- when I take my place in summer -- But -- I shall bring a fuller tune -- Vespers -- are sweeter than Matins -- Signor -- Morning -- only the seed of Noon --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, first published >>1923 [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 Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "I shall keep singing", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Summer. Life. Song. -- [Introduction to the Set], no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Brian Holmes (b. 1946), "I shall keep singing!" [ soprano, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra ], from Amherst Requiem, no. 8 [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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
Line count: 10
Word count: 54