by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
She died, ‑ this was the way she died
Language: English
She died, - this was the way she died; And when her breath was done, Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun. Her little figure at the gate The angels must have spied, Since I could never find her Upon the mortal side.
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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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "At the gate", alternate title: "She died", 195-? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "She died", 1996 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Four Dickinson Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Eugene Ward (1917 - 2013), "Vanished", published 1951 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 46