A word is dead

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live - that day.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Gloria Coates (1938-) , "A word is dead", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 5.

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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