by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Presentiment ‑‑ is that long shadow ‑‑...
Language: English
Presentiment -- is that long shadow -- on the Lawn Indicative that Suns go down -- The notice to the startled Grass That Darkness -- is about to pass --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Christopher Culpo (b. 1960), "Presentiment -- is that long shadow -- on the Lawn", from Emilygrams, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Presentiment", op. 105 no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 26