Song Cycle by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)

1. Summer shower

Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems of Emily Dickinson, published 1890

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A drop fell on the apple tree.
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.

A few went out to help the brook,
That went to help the sea.
Myself conjectured, Were they pearls,
What necklaces could be!

The dust replaced in hoisted roads,
The birds jocoser sung;
The sunshine threw his hat away,
The orchard spangles hung.

The breezes brought dejected lutes,
And bathed them in the glee;
The East put out a single flag,
And signed the fête away.

2. Mine

Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems of Emily Dickinson, published 1890

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Mine by the right of the white election!
Mine by the royal seal!
Mine by the sign in the scarlet prison
Bars cannot conceal!

Mine, here in vision and in veto!
Mine, by the grave's repeal
Titled, confirmed, - delirious charter!
Mine, while the ages steal!

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