by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The one that could repeat the summer day
Language: English
The one that could repeat the summer day Were greater than itself, though he Minutest of mankind might be. And who could reproduce the sun, At period of going down - The lingering and the stain, I mean - When Orient has been outgrown, And Occident becomes unknown, His name remain.
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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 Ronald Perera (b. 1941), "The one that could repeat the summer day", published 1976 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Five Summer Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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Line count: 9
Word count: 49