To the Moon
Language:
English
Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth, --
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?
Thou chosen sister of the Spirit,
That grazes on thee till in thee it pities...
Authorship
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)
, "To the moon", published 1954, from Shelley Songs, Cycle of Ten Songs, no. 10.
by Judith Margaret Bailey
, "To the moon", 1969 [baritone, piano], from Three Settings of Poems by Shelley
by Robert Fairfax Birch (1917-)
, "To the moon", published 1954.
by Carey Blyton (1932-2002)
, "To the moon", 1956-60 [high voice, string quartet or orchestra], from Lachrymae, no. 2
by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
, "To the moon", <<1932 [voice and piano], unpublished
by Will Ogdon (1921-)
, "Moon song", 1950, stanza 1 [baritone and piano], from Three Baritone Songs, no. 1.
Date added to the website: 2005-01-24.
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