1931


She Went As Quiet As the Dew

Composed by Ernst Bacon
"She Went As Quiet As the Dew" is currently published in the Ernst Bacon collection simply titled Songs From Emily Dickinson for Medium/High Voice.

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by Emily Dickinson

She went as quiet as the dewt
From a familiar flower.t
Not like the dew did she returnt
At the accustomed hour!t

She dropt as softly as a star
From out my summer’s eve;t
Less skillful than Leverriert
It’s sorer to believe!t

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