1990
Go slow, my soul, to feed thyself
Composed by 
Leo Smit
Leo Smit Text by 
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Beyond Circumference Song Collection
"Go slow, my soul, to feed thyself" is the ninth song in Leo Smit's song cycle Beyond Circumference. Beyond Circumference is the fourth of Smit's six song cycles setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
For more information about Leo Smit's Emily Dickinson song cycles, please visit the pages for The Ecstatic Pilgrimage and Leo Smit.
For inquiries about Leo Smit and to obtain sheet music, please contact Nils Vigeland at nvigeland@optonline.net.
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Go slow, my soul, to feed thyself (poem 1297)
by Emily Dickinson
Go slow, my soul, to feed thyself
Upon his rare approach —
Go rapid, lest Competing Death
Prevail upon the Coach —
Go timid, should his final eye
Determine thee amiss —
Go boldly — for thou paid’st his price
Redemption — for a Kiss —