by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
‘Tis Philosophy
Language: English
Yesterday is History, ‘Tis so far away — Yesterday is Poetry — ‘Tis Philosophy — Yesterday is mystery — Where it is Today While we shrewdly speculate Flutter both away
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 Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "‘Tis Philosophy", 2011/2017 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-14
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Word count: 30