by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon —
Language: English
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It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon— The Flower—distinct and Red— I, passing, thought another Noon Another in its stead Will equal glow, and thought no More But came another Day To find the Species disappeared— The Same Locality— The Sun in place—no other fraud On Nature's perfect Sum— Had I but lingered Yesterday— Was my retrieveless blame— Much Flowers of this and further Zones Have perished in my Hands For seeking its Resemblance— But unapproached it stands— The single Flower of the Earth That I, in passing by Unconscious was—Great Nature's Face Passed infinite by Me—
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text not yet checked 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 Gregg Kallor (b. 1978), "It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon —", 2006, first performed 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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