Heart, we will forget him

Heart, we will forget him
You and I, tonight.
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you're lagging,
I may remember him!

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 Robert F. Baksa (1938-) , "Heart! we will forget him", from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 9.
by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) , "Heart, we will forget him", 1949-50, published 1951 [mezzo-soprano, piano], from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 5.
by John Woods Duke (1899-1984) , "Heart, we will forget him", published 1978 [soprano and piano], from Six Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 2, Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., New York and Peer Musikverlag GMbH, Hamburg
by Rudolf Escher (1912-1980) , "Heart, we will forget him", 1955, published 1956 [chorus: 7-10 mixed voices], from Songs of Love and Eternity, no. 3.
by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) , "Heart, we will forget him", op. 108 (Ten Emily Dickinson Songs) no. 1.
by Russell Smith (1927-) , "Heart, we will forget him" [SSA chorus a cappella], from Three Songs from Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Gitta Steiner (1932-) , no title, published 1971 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Five Poems for Mixed Chorus, no. ?

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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