I never saw a moor

I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.

I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in heaven;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.

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 Leonard Berkowitz (1926-) , "I never saw a moor", published 1968 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) , "I never saw a moor", op. 105 no. 5.
by Isadore Freed (1900-1960) , "Chartless", published 1946.
by Helen Sewall Leavitt (1880/90-?) , "Chartless"
by Robert Muczynski (1929-) , "I never saw a moor" [chorus: SATB a cappella]
by John C. Sacco (1905-1987) , "Revelation", published 1941 [high voice, piano], from Three Songs
by Richard Pearson Thomas (1957-) , "I never saw a moor", from At last, to be identified, no. 4.
by Adolf Weiss (1891-1971) , "Chartless", 1928, published c1930 [soprano and string quartet], from Seven Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, no. 4.

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