by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
How still the bells in steeples stand
Language: English
How still the bells in steeples stand, Till, swollen with the sky, They leap upon their silver feet In frantic melody!
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Confirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, in 1. Life, no. 10, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "How still the bells", alternate title: "The bells", c1931, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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