We never know

We never know we go, - when we are going
We jest and shut the door;
Fate following behind us bolts it,
And we accost no more.

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) , "We never know" [mezzo-soprano, piano]

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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