Presentiment (op. 105, no. 12)

"Presentiment" was originally part of Farwell's 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105. The song is currently published in the first volume of Boosey & Hawkes' two-volume Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson by Arthur Farwell.

Date: 1941Composer: Arthur FarwellText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: 12 Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 105

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The text of “Presentiment” is the following poem:

Presentiment — is that long Shadow — on the Lawn — (poem 764)
by Emily Dickinson

Presentiment — is that long Shadow — on the Lawn —
Indicatives that Suns go down —

The Notice to the startled Grass
That Darkness — is about to pass —

Sheet Music

Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, Vol. 1

Composer(s): Arthur Farwell

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