by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Go thy great way!
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
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Go thy great way! The Stars thou meetst Are even as Thyself -- For what are Stars but Asterisks To point a human Life?
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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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Go thy great way!", 2001, first performed 2001 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from The Starry Night, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 5
Word count: 23