by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It's such a little thing to weep
Language: English
It's such a little thing to weep, So short a thing to sigh; And yet by trades the size of these We men and women die!
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Confirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Life's Trades", appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 8, first published 1896 [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), "It's such a little thing", alternate title: "Weeping and sighing", c1959 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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