by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I went to Heaven
Language: English
Our translations: 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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Text 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]
- by George Theophilus Walker (b. 1922), "I went to Heaven", published 1971 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52