I have no life but this

I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.

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 Thomas Pasatieri (1945-) , "I have no life but this", published 1976 [soprano, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano], from Far from love, no. 3.
by Gitta Steiner (1932-) , "I have no life but this" [SATB a cappella], from 4 Choruses of Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by George Theophilus Walker (1922-) , "I have no life but this"

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