What soft, cherubic creatures

What soft, cherubic creatures
These gentlewomen are!
One would as soon assault a plush
Or violate a star.

Such dimity convictions,
A horror so refined
Of freckled human nature,
Of Deity ashamed, -

It's such a common glory,
A fisherman's degree!
Redemption, brittle lady,
Be so, ashamed of thee.

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

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by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "What soft, cherubic creatures", published 1947 [soprano and alto soli, SSAA chorus, and piano], from From Emily's Diary, no. ?

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