by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It's like the light, —
Language: English
It's like the light, — A fashionless delight It's like the bee, — A dateless melody. It's like the woods, Private like breeze, Phraseless, yet it stirs The proudest trees. It's like the morning, — Best when it's done, — The everlasting clocks Chime noon.
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Confirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
Text as set by Hawley:
It's like the Light -- A fashionless Delight -- It's like the Bee -- A dateless -- Melody -- It's like the Woods -- Private -- Like the Breeze -- Phraseless -- yet it stirs The proudest Trees -- It's like the Morning -- Best -- when it's done -- And the Everlasting Clocks -- Chime -- Noon!
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "The Wind", appears in Poems: Third Series, in 3. Nature, no. 16 [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 William Hawley (b. 1950), "It's like the Light", first performed 1987 [ SSAATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Dickinson Settings, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 45