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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

To hear an Oriole sing
Language: English 
Our translations:  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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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 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 page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Eric Saroian

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 74

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