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Six Dickinson Poems: 2. The Moon is Distant from the Sea

from Sea Tangle: Songs from the North by Maren Montalbano

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Poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Music by Emily Lau (b. 1984)

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The moon is distant from the sea,
And yet with amber hands
She leads him, docile as a boy,
Along appointed sands.

He never misses a degree;
Obedient to her eye,
He comes just so far toward the town,
Just so far goes away.

Oh, Signor, thine the amber hand,
And mine the distant sea,—
Obedient to the least command
Thine eyes impose on me.

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from Sea Tangle: Songs from the North, released December 21, 2016
Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Harris, violin
Elizabeth Huston, harp

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Maren Montalbano Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Maren Montalbano can be heard in 3 GRAMMY Award- winning albums: John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018) & Lansing McLoskey's Zealot Canticles (2019). Ms. Montalbano lives in New Jersey and sings most often with Opera Philadelphia, Trio Eos, and The Crossing. ... more

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