Wild nights! ‑‑ Wild nights

Wild nights! -- Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile -- the [Wind]1 --
To a heart in port, --
Done with the compass, --
Done with the chart!

Rowing in Eden --
Ah! the Sea!
Might I but moor -- Tonight --
In thee!

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 John Clement Adams (1947-) , "Wild nights", 1980-1, first performed 1981 [chorus and orchestra], from Harmonium, no. 3.
by Dace Aperans (1953-) , no title, 1994, from Three Songs with poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 2.
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Wild nights"
by Gloria Coates (1938-) , "Wild nights! Wild nights!", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 3.
by Sharon Davis (1937-) , "Wild nights", published 1981 [soprano and piano trio], from Three Moods of Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Rudolf Escher (1912-1980) , "Wild nights", 1955, published 1956 [chorus: 7-10 mixed voices], from Songs of Love and Eternity, no. 2.
by Peter Golub , "Wild nights", 1977 [soprano, flute, and harp], from 3 Songs, no. ?
by Lee Hoiby (1926-) , "Wild nights", 1986/7, published 1988, from Four Dickinson Songs, no. 3.
by Lori Laitman (1955-) , "Wild nights", first performed 1995 [soprano and piano], from Days and Nights, no. 6.
by Richard Pearson Thomas (1957-) , "Wild nights! Wild nights!", from At last, to be identified, no. 3.
by George Theophilus Walker (1922-) , "Wild nights", first performed 1982. [medium voice and piano]

GER German (Walter A. Aue)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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