Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?

"Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?" is the eighth song of Otto Luening's Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson.

Date: 1951Composer: Otto LueningText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?
by Emily Dickinson

Soul, wilt thou toss again?
By just such a hazard
Hundreds have lost, indeed,
But tens have won an all.

Angels’ breathless ballot
Lingers to record thee;
Imps in eager caucus
Raffle for my soul.

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Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson

Composer(s): Otto Luening

Song(s): 1. Our Share of Night to Bear
2. The Show is Not the Show
3. Hope is the Thing with Feathers
4. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
5. Experiment to Me
6. I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind
7. Few Yet Enough
8. Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?
9. When I Hoped, I Feared

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