The butterfly (Dickinson, set by A. Farwell, P. Schwartz) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


The butterfly obtains
But little sympathy,
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology.
Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat,
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute.
Had he the homely scutcheon of modest Industry,
'T were fitter certifying for Immortality.

Authorship

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

The Single Hound

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

Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)

Ten Emily Dickinson Songs

Paul Schwartz (1907-)

Three Choruses on Poems by Emily Dickinson

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