by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
She went as quiet as the dew
Language: English
She went as quiet as the dew From a familiar flower. Not like the dew did she return At the accustomed hour! She dropt as softly as a star From out my summer's eve; Less skilful than Leverrier It's sorer to believe!
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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 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), "She went as quiet as the dew", published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "She went" [ soprano, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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