To Morning

O holy virgin! clad in purest white,
Unlock heaven's golden gates, and issue forth;
Awake the dawn that sleeps in heaven; let light
[Rise]1 from the chambers of the east, and bring
The honey'd dew that cometh on waking day.
O radiant morning, salute the sun
Roused like a huntsman to the chase, and with
Thy buskin'd feet appear [upon]2 our hills.
[O radiant morning appear on our hills]3

by William Blake (1757-1827) , "To Morning"

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

by Hugo Vernon Anson (1894-1958) , "To Morning"
by Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921-2006) , "O holy virgin", op. 66 no. 1 (1959), published 1966, from Five William Blake Songs, no. 1.
by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) , "To Morning", published c1924, from Two Songs, no. 2.
by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "To Morning", published 1912 [women's chorus a cappella], from Three Blake Poems, no. 3.
by William Henry Bell (1873-1946) , "To Morning", 1940, from Twelve Blake Songs, no. 6.
by William Bolcom (1938-) , "To Morning", 1966 [alto and tenor/counter-tenor voices and ensemble of alto flute, harp, piano and viola], from Morning and Evening Poems, no. 1.
by Frank Lewin (1925-) , "To Morning", published 1960, first performed 1961 [soprano and chamber ensemble], from Innocence and Experience, no. 1, New York, American Composers Alliance
by Otto Luening (1900-1996) , "To morning", 1928, published 1952 [high voice and piano], New York, High Gate Press (Galaxy)
by John Mitchell (1941-) , "To Morning", op. 1 no. 1 (1964), rev. 1977, from Seven Songs from William Blake, no. 1.

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