1944
Papa Above! (from op. 108)
Composed by
Arthur Farwell
Arthur Farwell Text by
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108 Song Collection
Emily Dickinson was Arthur Farwell's favorite poet. During his sixties and seventies, he set thirty-nine of her poems to music. Thirty-four were published posthumously in Boosey & Hawkes' two-volume Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson by Arthur Farwell. "Papa Above!" is published in the second volume and was originally part of Farwell's 10 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 108.
Text
Papa Above!
by Emily Dickinson
Papa above!
Regard a Mouse
O’erpowered by the Cat!
Reserve within thy kingdom
A “Mansion” for the Rat!
Snug in seraphic Cupboards
To nibble all the day
While unsuspecting Cycles
Wheel solemnly away!
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