by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To hear an Oriole sing
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
To hear an Oriole sing May be a common thing — Or only a divine. It is not of the Bird Who sings the same, unheard, As unto Crowd — The Fashion of the Ear Attireth that it hear In Dun, or fair — So whether it be Rune, Or whether it be none Is of within. The "Tune is in the Tree —" The Skeptic — showeth me — "No Sir! In Thee!”
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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 Alfred Kunz (b. 1929), "To hear an oriole sing", published 1965 [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "Oriole", 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Sunday Songs, no. 1, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Entendre un Loriot chanter", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Eric Saroian
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 74