How Still the Bells

"How Still the Bells" is currently published in the Ernst Bacon collection simply titled Songs From Emily Dickinson for Medium/High Voice.

Date: 1931Composer: Ernst BaconText: Emily Dickinson

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How Still the Bells
by Emily Dickinson

How still the bells in steeples stand,
Till, swollen with the sky,
They leap upon their silver feet
In frantic melody!

Sheet Music

Songs from Emily Dickinson

Composer(s): Ernst Bacon

Song(s): As If the Sea Should Part
Let down the bars
O friend
The grass so little has to do
A threadless way
The postponeless Creature
I'm Nobody
My river runs to thee
How still the bells
The sun went down
The grass so little has to do
Savior
She went as quiet as the dew
Wild nights

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