I went to Heaven (Dickinson, set by (Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, née Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, George Theophilus Walker)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

I went to Heaven

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE

I went to Heaven, -
'T was a small town.
Lit with a ruby,
Lathed with down.
Stiller than the fields
At the full dew,
Beautiful as pictures
No man drew.
People like the moth,
Of mechlin, frames,
Duties of gossamer,
And eider names.
Almost contented
I could be
'Mong such unique
Society.

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Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1891 [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 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, née Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi (b. 1967), "I went to Heaven" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by George Theophilus Walker (b. 1922), "I went to Heaven", published 1971. [soprano or mezzo-soprano, piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 53