by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The mountain sat upon the plain
Language: English
The mountain sat upon the plain In his eternal chair, His observation omnifold, His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees, Like children round a sire: Grandfather of the days is he, Of dawn the ancestor.
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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 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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The mountain", 1950-60, published 1971 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Nature [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Smit (1921 - 1999), "The Mountain sat upon the Plain", 1990 [ voice and piano ], from Tinted Mountains, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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