For each ecstatic instant

For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.

For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems by Emily Dickinson, published 1891

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

by Hugh Brunt , "For each ecstatic instant", 2006, from Three Dickinson Songs, no. 2.
by Donald Grantham (1947-) , "For each ecstatic instant", published 1983 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Seven Choral Settings of Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. ?

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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