Je dévalisais les Bois

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

I robbed the Woods

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

I robbed the Woods --
The trusting Woods.
The unsuspecting Trees
Brought out their Burs and mosses
My fantasy to please.
I scanned their trinkets curious -- 
I grasped -- I bore away --
What will the solemn Hemlock --
What will the Oak tree say?

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "I robbed the Woods", 2002, published 2008 [chorus and orchestra], from Songs for the Earth, no. 3, Seesaw/Subito [
text not verified
]

Set in a modified version by Robert F. Baksa.

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-09
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Word count: 41

Je dévalisais les Bois

Language: French (Français) after the English

Je dévalisais les Bois --
Les Bois confiants --
Les Arbres qui ne se méfient pas
Apportaient leurs Bogues et leurs mousses
Pour plaire à ma fantaisie --
J'examinais leurs curieux bibelots --
Je saisissais -- j'emportais --
Que dira le Sapin solennel --
Que dira le Chêne ?

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-09
Line count: 9
Word count: 41