by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Forbidden fruit a flavor has
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Forbidden fruit a flavor has That lawful orchards mocks; How luscious lies the pea within The pod that Duty locks!
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Forbidden fruit", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elizabeth Coard , "Forbidden fruit", copyright © 1984 [ piano and mezzo-soprano ], from Emily Dickinson Song Cycle , no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 21