Poor little heart!

Poor little heart!
Did they forget thee?
Then dinna care! Then dinna care!

Proud little heart!
Did they forsake thee?
Be debonair! Be debonair!

Frail little heart!
I would not break thee:
Could'st credit me? Could'st credit me?

Gay little heart!
Like morning glory
Thou'll wilted be; thou'll wilted be!

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 Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Poor little heart!", published 1944 [high voice and piano], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Robert F. Baksa (1938-) , "Poor little heart!", published 1978 [mezzo-soprano, piano], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 11.
by Clarence Dickinson (1873-1969) , "Poor little heart!", published 1897 [voice and piano], from Six Songs, no. ?

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