by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Of all the souls that stand create
Language: English
Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which was Apart, intrinsic, stand, And this brief tragedy of flesh Is shifted like a sand; When figures show their royal front And mists are carved away, - Behold the atom I preferred To all the lists of clay!
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- 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 C. M. Shearer , "Of all the souls", published 1982 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 65