by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Expectation ‑‑ is Contentment
Language: English
Expectation -- is Contentment -- Gain -- Satiety -- But Satiety -- Conviction Of Nescessity Of an Austere trait in Pleasure -- Good, without alarm Is a too established Fortune -- Danger -- deepens Sum --
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Christopher Culpo (b. 1960), "Expectation -- is Contentment", from Emilygrams, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-26
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Word count: 27