There was a time when meadow, grove, and...

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
         To me did seem 
      Apparelled in celestial light, 
The glory and the freshness of a dream. 
It is not now as it hath been of yore; _-
      Turn wheresoe'er I may, 
         By night or day, 
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) , from Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

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

by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream", op. 29 no. 1 [tenor, chorus, and orchestra], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 1.

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