It's the birthday of Emily Dickinson:

According to The Writer's Almanac:

Of all American poets, Dickinson ranks third behind Longfellow and Whitman in the number of poems that have been set to music. Dickinson died of what would today be called nephritis, or an inflammation of the kidneys. Her last words were, "I must go in, for the fog is rising."

According to graduate studies with Bob, most can be sung to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas (he then demonstrated).