The Fountain

Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing
From morn till night;

Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow;

Into the starlight
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight,
Happy by day;

Ever in motion,
Blithesome and cheery,
Still climbing heavenward,
Never aweary;

Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward or downward.
Motion thy rest;

Full of a nature
Nothing can tame,
Changed every moment,
Ever the same;

Ceaseless aspiring,
Ceaseless content,
Darkness or sunshine
Thy element;

Glorious fountain.
Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward, like thee!

by James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) , "The Fountain", from Poems, published 1844

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

by Henry Leland Clarke (1907-1992) , "Into the Sunshine", published 1916. [high or medium voice, piano]
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "The Fountain"
by William Gardiner Hammond (1874-1945) , "Song of the Fountain", published 1908. [high or low voice, piano]
by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863-1932) , "The Fountain"
by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930) , "The Fountain"
by Lucien H. Southard (1827-1881) , "The Fountain", published 1854. [voice, piano]
by Samuel Prowse Warren (1841-1915) , "The Fountain"
by Harold Ernest Watts , "The Fountain", published 1936. [unison voices, piano]

Date added to the website: 2005-03-17.

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