Fun Facts:
1) This was the fourth song in "Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson," a song cycle of pieces with lyrics from Dickinson's poetry by Aaron Copland. 2) The music in this piece is meant to remind the listener of a comforting lullaby.
"The world feels dusty,
When we stop to die,
We want the dew, then
Honors taste dry.
Flags vex a dying face
But the least fan
Stirred by a friend's hand
Cools like the rain.
Mine be the ministry
When thy thirst comes.
Dews of thyself to fetch
And holy balms."