My life closed twice before its close

My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,

So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems by Emily Dickinson, published 1896

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ernest Gold (1921-) , "Parting", published 1963 [high voice and piano or orchestra], from Songs of Love and Parting, no. ?
by Ezra Laderman (1924-) , no title, published 1870 [two narrators, piano, and orchestra], from Magic Prison, no. ?

GER German (Paul Celan)

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Mein Leben, zweimal fiels ins Schloß

Mein Leben, zweimal fiels ins Schloß
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by Paul Celan (1920-1970) , copyright ©

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems by Emily Dickinson, published 1896

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2005-10-10.