by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Shining Place
Language: English
Me — come! My dazzled face In such a shining place! Me — hear! My foreign Ear The sounds of Welcome — there! The Saints forget Our bashful feet — My Holiday, shall be That They — remember me — My Paradise — the fame That They — pronounce my name —
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 Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "The Shining Place", 1989 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 52