A piece for double choir with words by Emily Dickinson from her poem "Two Butterflies went out at Noon". And yes she stole that title from me. Sung and premiered by Ad Solem: the University of Manchester's top chamber choir in June 2019 at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall.

Poem:
Two Butterflies went out at Noon—
And waltzed above a Farm—
Then stepped straight through the Firmament 
And rested on a Beam—

And then—together bore away 
Upon a shining Sea—
Though never yet, in any Port— 
Their coming mentioned—be—

If spoken by the distant Bird—
If met in Ether Sea
By Frigate, or by Merchantman—
No notice—was—to me—

Hugh Beckwith