by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Out of sight? What of that?
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Out of sight? What of that? See the Bird -- reach it! Curve by Curve -- Sweep by Sweep -- Round the Steep Air -- Danger! What is that to Her? Better 'tis to fail -- there -- Than debate -- here -- Blue is Blue -- the World through -- Amber -- Amber -- Dew -- Dew -- Seek -- Friend -- and see -- Heaven is shy of Earth -- that's all -- Bashful Heaven -- thy Lovers small -- Hide -- too -- from thee --
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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 Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Out of sight? What of that?
", 2004, first performed 2004 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Purple Syllables, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-07-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 65