No time to hate for soprano and piano

(2016)

This is a short song for soprano and piano I composed for Nikki Einfeld at the end of 2016 after the US Presidential election. It uses a brief poem by Emily Dickinson:

I had no time to Hate—
Because The Grave would hinder Me—
And life was not so
Ample I
Could finish—Enmity

Nor had I time to Love—
But since
Some Industry must be—
The little Toil of Love—
I thought
Be large enough for Me—