1992
Wild Nights! Wild Nights!
Composed by
Richard Pearson Thomas
Richard Pearson Thomas Text by
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson At Last, To Be Identified Song Collection
"Wild Nights! Wild Nights!" is the third song of Richard Pearson Thomas' song cycle At Last, To Be Identified. The cycle sets the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Text
Wild Nights! Wild Nights! (poem 249)
by Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights — Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile — the Winds —
To a Heart in port —
Done with the Compass —
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden —
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor — Tonight —
In Thee!
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