by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Belshazzar had a letter
Language: English
Belshazzar had a letter, - He never had but one; Belshazzar's correspondent Concluded and begun In that immortal copy The conscience of us all Can read without its glasses On revelation's wall.
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [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 Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "Belshazzar had a letter", published 1973 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Three Poems by Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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