1952
The Heart
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Quiet Airs Song Collection
"The Heart" is the ninth song song of Ernst Bacon's song cycle Quiet Airs. The song sets the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The song is published in a lower key in the Ernst Bacon collection simply titled Songs From Emily Dickinson for Medium/High Voice.
Text
The Heart asks Pleasure — first — (poem 536)
by Emily Dickinson
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain ;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering ;
And then, to go to sleep ;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
Sheet Music
Quiet Airs
Ernst Bacon
1. Twilight
2. Gentle Greeting
3. The Divine Ship
4. Of Love
5. Eden
6. The Little Stone
7. Fond Affection
8. Stars
9. The Heart
10. Song of Snow-White Heads
11. The Lamb
12. To Musique, To Becalme His Fever
2. Gentle Greeting
3. The Divine Ship
4. Of Love
5. Eden
6. The Little Stone
7. Fond Affection
8. Stars
9. The Heart
10. Song of Snow-White Heads
11. The Lamb
12. To Musique, To Becalme His Fever
Songs from Emily Dickinson
Ernst Bacon
As If the Sea Should Part
Let down the bars
O friend
The grass so little has to do
A threadless way
The postponeless Creature
I'm Nobody
My river runs to thee
How still the bells
The sun went down
The grass so little has to do
Savior
She went as quiet as the dew
Wild nights
Let down the bars
O friend
The grass so little has to do
A threadless way
The postponeless Creature
I'm Nobody
My river runs to thee
How still the bells
The sun went down
The grass so little has to do
Savior
She went as quiet as the dew
Wild nights