Read, sweet, how others strove

Read, sweet, how others strove,
Till we are stouter;
What they renounced,
Till we are less afraid;
How many times they bore
The faithful witness,
Till we are helped,
As if a kingdom cared!

Read then of faith
That shone above the fagot;
Clear strains of hymn
The river could not drown;
Brave names of men
And celestial women,
Passed out of record
Into renown!

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 Roy Harris (1898-1979) , "Read, sweet, how others strove"
by Peter Mennin (1923-1983) , "Read, sweet, how others strove", published 1979 [SSA chorus, harp, piano, and percussion], from Reflections of Emily, no. ?

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