by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I had no time to hate, because
Language: English
I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity. Nor had I time to love; but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson [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 Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "I had no time to hate", 1949 [sung text not yet checked]
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