by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Could I but ride indefinite
Language: English
Could I but ride indefinite As doth the Meadow Bee And visit only where I liked And No one visit me And flirt all Day with Buttercups And marry whom I may And dwell a little everywhere Or better, run away With no Police to follow Or chase Him if He do Till He should jump Peninsulas To get away from me -- I said "But just to be a Bee" Upon a Raft of Air And row in Nowhere all Day long And anchor "off the Bar" What Liberty! So Captives deem Who tight in Dungeons are.
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Could I but ride indefinite", op. 21 no. 4 [baritone and piano], from 4 Motivations for Baritone and Piano, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 97