1941


Aristocracy (op. 105, no. 8)

Composed by Arthur Farwell

12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105 Song Collection


"Aristocracy" was originally part of Farwell's 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105. The song is currently published in the first volume of Boosey & Hawkes' two-volume Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson by Arthur Farwell.

Text

The text of “Aristocracy” is the following poem:

The pedigree of Honey (poem 1627)
by Emily Dickinson

The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee ;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.

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