Emily Dickinson: This World is Not Conclusion

A tune I wrote for Emily Dickinson's poem.

This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond --
Invisible, as Music --
But positive, as Sound --
It beckons, and it baffles --
Philosophy -- don't know --
And through a Riddle, at the last --
Sagacity, must go --
To guess it, puzzles scholars --
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown --
Faith slips -- and laughs, and rallies --
Blushes, if any see --
Plucks at a twig of Evidence --
And asks a Vane, the way --
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit --
Strong Hallelujahs roll --
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul --

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Music

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• emily dickinson
• song
• music
• this world is not conclusion
• poem

[snailsaver]

I love this! I always thought I was the only one that came up with tunes for Dickinson poems.. :) Yours is much better than mine, though - I'll probably end up humming this during my exam.

[GeriBarela]

You are a pleasure to listen to young Lady...........