Peggy Mitchell (Stephens, set by J. Duke, W. Mourant, D. Parke, J. Trimble) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


As lily grows up easily,
In modest, gentle, dignity
To sweet perfection,
So grew she,
As easily!

Or as the rose,
That takes no care,
Will open out, on sunny air
Bloom after bloom,
Fair after fair;
Just so did she
As carelessly!

She is our torment without end!
She is our enemy, our friend!
Our joy, our woe!
And she will send
Madness or glee,
To you or me,
And endlessly.

Authorship

James Stephens (1882-1950)

Reincarnations

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

John Woods Duke (1899-1984)

Walter Mourant (1910-)

Dorothy Parke

A Honeycombe

Joan Trimble (1915-2005)

The County Mayo

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