I thought love lived in the hot sunshine

 I thought love lived in the hot sunshine,
 but o love lives in the moony light.
 I thought to find love in the heat of day,
 but sweet love is the comforter of night.

by William Blake (1757-1827) , from "William Bond".

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-) , "I thought love lived in the hot sunshine", 1966 [alto and tenor/counter-tenor voices and ensemble of alto flute, harp, piano and viola], from Morning and Evening Poems, no. 4.

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