I Never Saw a Moor

"I Never Saw a Moor" is the fourth song of Richard Pearson Thomas' song cycle At Last, To Be Identified. The cycle sets the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

Date: 1992Composer: Richard Pearson ThomasText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: At Last, To Be Identified

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I Never Saw a Moor (poem 1052)
by Emily Dickinson

I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea ;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.

I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in heaven ;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.

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At Last, To Be Identified

Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas

Voice Type: Soprano

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