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Alter? When the hills do. Falter? When the sun Question if his glory Be the perfect one. Surfeit? When the daffodil Doth of the dew: Even as herself, O friend! I will of you!
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "O friend", c1940-44, published 1944 [medium voice and piano], from Songs from Emily Dickinson [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "When the hills do", op. 77 no. 3 (1957), published 1958 [voice, piano], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Mutare? Quando lo faranno i monti. Esitare? Solamente se il Sole si chiederà se la sua gloria sia quella perfetta. Saziarmi? Quando la giunchiglia lo sarà di rugiada - Come lei , allora - Signore - sarò sazia - di Te.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 41