The world's wanderers

Tell me, [thou]1 Star, whose wings of light
Speed thee in thy fiery flight,
In what cavern of the night 
Will thy pinions close now?

Tell me, Moon, thou pale and grey
Pilgrim, of Heav'ns homeless way,
In what depth of night or day,
Seekest thou repose now?

Weary wind, who wanderest
Like the world's rejected guest
Hast thou still some secret nest
On the tree or billow?

by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) , "The world's wanderers", published 1824

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Creighton Allen (1900-1969) , "The world's wanderers", published 1954, from Shelley Songs, Cycle of Ten Songs, no. 5.
by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "The world's wanderers", published 1937. [a cappella chorus or quartet of mixed voices, SCTB]
by Maurice Blower (1894-1982) , "Tell me, thou star", published 1955. [SA, piano]
by (Robert) Houston Bright (1916-1970) , "Star, moon, and wind", published 1967. [SATB]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "The world's wanderers", 1895, stanzas 1-2.
by Clarence Lucas (1866-1947) , "The world's wanderers"

by Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892-1965) , "Pellegrini del mondo", 1934, from Tre Canti di Shelley, no. 1.

by Magda Bugge (1846-1923) , "Vandrerne", published 1895.

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