The little boy lost

``Father! father! where are you going? 
O do not walk so fast. 
Speak, father, speak to your little boy, 
Or else I shall be lost.'' 

The night was dark, no father was there; 
The child was wet with dew; 
The mire was deep, & the child did weep, 
And away the vapour flew.

by William Blake (1757-1827) , "The little boy lost", from Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 8, published 1789

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

by William Bolcom (1938-) , "The little boy lost", 1956-81 [soloists, madrigal group, chorus, orchestra], from Songs of Innocence, no. 20.
by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (1952-) , "The little boy lost", c1977 [tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 4.
by David Evan Thomas (1958-) , "Little Boy Lost", 2004. [medium voice, piano]

by Nicolas Flagello (1928-) , "O father, O father", 1964, published 1965 [high voice and piano], from Songs from William Blake's "An Island in the Moon", no. 3.

Date added to the website: 2005-01-17.

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