by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints Sent various — scattered ways — We parted as the Central Flint Were cloven with an Adze — Subsisting on the Light We bore Before We felt the Dark — A Flint unto this Day — perhaps — But for that single Spark.
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Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1865 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franck Bedrossian (b. 1971), "We met as Sparks" [soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello] [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-23
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Word count: 50