This track was released for the SSC8 Poetry Challenge, which encourages participants to set to music a poem by Emily Dickinson. “A great Hope fell” was written in the 19th century and published posthumously in 1886. Known for her unique and introspective style, Dickinson explores themes of inner emotional collapse and silent suffering through striking metaphors. The poem is in the public domain, while this musical version is exclusively owned by Leea. A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning Wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in The mind was built for mighty Freight For dread occasion planned How often foundering at Sea Ostensibly, on Land A not admitting of the wound Until it grew so wide That all my Life had entered it And there were troughs beside A closing of the simple lid That opened to the sun Until the tender Carpenter Perpetual nail it down - [Violin] A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning Wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in The mind was built for mighty Freight For dread occasion planned How often foundering at Sea Ostensibly, on Land A not admitting of the wound Until it grew so wide That all my Life had entered it And there were troughs beside A closing of the simple lid That opened to the sun Until the tender Carpenter Perpetual nail it down -
