Alter? When the hills do

Alter? When the hills do.
Falter? When the sun
Question if his glory
Be the perfect one.

Surfeit? When the daffodil
Doth of the dew:
Even as herself, O friend!
I will of you!

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

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

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "O friend", published 1946. [medium voice, piano]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) , "When the hills do", op. 77 no. 3 (1957), published 1958 [voice, piano], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 3.

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