The brain is wider than the sky (Dickinson, set by (Ronald A. Beckett, Daniel Rogers Pinkham)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

The brain is wider than the sky

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside.

The brain is deeper than the sea,
For, hold them, blue to blue,
The one the other will absorb,
As sponges, buckets do.

The brain is just the weight of God,
For, lift them, pound for pound,
And they will differ, if they do,
As syllable from sound.

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Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, 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 Ronald A. Beckett , "The brain is wider than the sky", 2016 [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Rogers Pinkham (1923 - 2006), "The brain is wider than the sky", published 1963 [ SSAA chorus and piano or chamber orchestra ], from An Emily Dickinson Mosaic [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 72