To Adrienne Auerswald
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1. Good morning, Midnight Allegretto
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3. Let down the bars, Oh Death Grave e molto tranquillo
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5. Nobody knows this little Rose Andantino
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Poem from THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, Edited by Thomas H, Johnson ©Copyright 1978 by SOUTHERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. INC. International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A. AU Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit 'WARNING! Any person who copies or arranges all or part of the words or music of this musical composition shall be liable to an action for injunction, damages and profits under the United States Copyright Law'
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take it from the ways _ _ _ _ _ _ And lift it
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6. Bee! I'm expecting you! Moho vivace
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Poem reprinted by permission of the Publishers and the Trustees of Amherst College from THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, Edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge; Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright 1951, 1955 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College ©Copyright 1978 by SOUTHERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. INC. International Copyright Secured Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved Including the Right of Public Performance for Profit 'WARNING! Any person who copies or arranges all or part of the words or music of this musical composition shall be liable to an action for injunction, damages and profits under the United, States Copyright Law'
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