In the highlands, in the country places

In the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy faces,
And the young fair maidens quiet eyes;
Where essential silence cheers and blesses,
And forever in the hill recesses
Her more lovely music broods and dies -

O to mount again where erst I haunted;
Where the old red hills are bird-enchanted,
And the low green meadows bright with sward;
And when even dies, the million-tinted,
And the night has come, and planets glinted,
Lo, the valley hollow lamp bestarr'd!

O to dream, O to awake and wander
There, and with delight to take and render,
Through the trance of silence, quiet breath!
Lo! for there, among the flow'rs and grasses,
Only the mightier movements sounds and passes, -
Only winds and rivers, life and death.

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) , no title, from Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 15, published 1896

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

by George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1916) , "In the highlands, in the country places", published 1930. [SSA chorus and piano]
by Harold Clark , "In the highlands, in the country places", published <<1951. [unison voices and piano]
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) , "In the highlands", op. 9, published 1928, first performed 1918 [voice and piano], note: originally op. 11
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878-1937) , "In the highlands"
by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "In the highlands", op. 26 (Two songs) no. 1 (1922), published 1922.
by Reginald Chauncey Robbins (1871-1955) , "In the highlands, in the country places", published c1922. [baritone, alto, or bass and piano]
by Bernice A. Rodewald (1928-) , "In the highlands, in the country places", 1949. [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875-1938) , "In the highlands, in the country places", published 1910 [SATB chorus and piano or orchestra], from In Highland and Meadow, no. ?
by Ronald Stevenson (1928-) , "In the highlands, in the country places", 1967 [medium voice and piano], from Four Robert Louis Stevenson Songs, no. ?
by Gerard Victory (1921-) , "In the highlands, in the country places", 1958. [tenor and SATB chorus a cappella]

by Bertram Shapleigh (1871-1940) , "O mein Hochland", published 1901 [medium voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder, no. ?

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