Infant sorrow

My mother groaned, my father wept,
Into the dangerous world I leapt;
Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.

Struggling in my father's hands,
Striving against my swaddling bands,
Bound and weary, I thought best
To sulk upon my mother's breast.

by William Blake (1757-1827) , "Infant sorrow", from Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Experience, no. 20, published 1794

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

by George Antheil (1900-1959) , "Infant sorrow", 1948, from Songs of Experience, no. 8.
by Rodney Ash (1931-) , "Infant sorrow", 1972, from Songs of Experience, no. 8.
by William Bolcom (1938-) , "Infant sorrow", 1956-81 [soloists, madrigal group, chorus, orchestra], from Songs of Experience, Volume Two, no. 9.
by Sidney Homer (1864-1953) , "Infant sorrow", op. 26 (Two "Songs of Experience") no. 2.
by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (1952-) , "Infant sorrow", c1977 [tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 6.

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