by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Bind me ‑‑ I still can sing
Language: English
Bind me -- I still can sing Banish -- my mandolin Strikes true within --. Slay -- and my Soul shall rise Chanting to Paradise -- Still thine.
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody [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 Gloria Coates (b. 1938), "Bind me - I still can sing", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Bind me - I still can sing", 1999 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from By a departing light, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Bind me -- I still can sing", 2002, first performed 2002 [ solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra ], from Chanting to Paradise, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "Chanting to Paradise", 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Sunday Songs, no. 2, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Eric Saroian
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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