2002
A Word is Dead
Composed by 
Robert Beaser
Robert Beaser Text by 
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Four Dickinson Songs Song Collection
"A Word is Dead" is the first song of Robert Beaser's Four Dickinson Songs.
Text
A word is dead
by Emily Dickinson
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
Sheet Music
Four Dickinson Songs
Robert Beaser
1. A Word is Dead
2. It Was Not Death
3. I Dwell in Possibility
4. We Never Know How High We Are
2. It Was Not Death
3. I Dwell in Possibility
4. We Never Know How High We Are