1941

Presentiment (op. 105, no. 12)

Composed by Arthur Farwell

12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105 Song Collection

"Presentiment" 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 “Presentiment” is the following poem:

Presentiment — is that long Shadow — on the Lawn — (poem 764)
by Emily Dickinson

Presentiment — is that long Shadow — on the Lawn —
Indicatives that Suns go down —

The Notice to the startled Grass
That Darkness — is about to pass —

Sheet Music

Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, Vol. 1

Arthur Farwell
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