I have no life but this (Dickinson, set by Thomas Pasatieri, David Sisco, Gitta Steiner, George Theophilus Walker) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

I have no life but this

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.

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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 Thomas Pasatieri (b. 1945), "I have no life but this", published 1976 [soprano, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano], from Far from love, no. 3. [
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by David Sisco , "I have no life but this", 2007 [soprano and piano], from Love is..., no. 6. [
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by Gitta Steiner (1932 - 1990), "I have no life but this" [SATB chorus a cappella], from 4 Choruses of Emily Dickinson [
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by George Theophilus Walker (b. 1922), "I have no life but this" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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