To make a prairie it takes a clover and...

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, -
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do
If bees are few.

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) , "To make a prairie", published 1944 [high voice and piano], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "If bees are few"
by Jean Berger (1909-2002) , "To make a prairie", published 1973 [SATB chorus and piano], from Three Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Rudolf Escher (1912-1980) , "To make a prairie it takes a clover", 1955, published 1956 [7-10 mixed voices], from Songs of Love and Eternity, no. 5.
by Jake Heggie (1961-) , "To make a prairie", 1999, first performed 1998 [soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano], from From Emily's Garden, no. 3.
by Ronald Perera (1941-) , "To make a prairie", published 1976 [soprano or mezzo-soprano, piano], from Five Summer Songs, no. 4.

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