by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
There are two Mays
Language: English
There are two Mays And then a Must And after that a Shall. How infinite the compromise That indicates I will!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson [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 Wim de Ruiter (b. 1943), "There are two Mays", 1983 [sung text checked 1 time]
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