by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
From Blank to Blank
Language: English
From Blank to Blank - A Threadless Way I pushed Mechanic feet - To stop - or perish - or advance - Alike indifferent - If end I gained It ends beyond Indefinites disclosed - I shut my eyes - and groped as well 'Twas lighter - to be Blind -
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson [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), "A threadless way", alternate title: "From blank to blank", c1931, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "From Blank to Blank", published 1956 [ voice, clarinet or chamber orchestra ], from The Mob Within the Heart [sung text not yet checked]
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