Song: How sweet I roam'd from field to...

 How sweet I roam'd from field to field, 
   And tasted all the summer's pride,
 'Till I the prince of love beheld,
   Who in the sunny beams did glide!

 He shew'd me lilies for my hair,
   And blushing roses for my brow;
 He led me through his gardens fair,
   Where all his golden pleasures grow.

 With sweet May dews my wings were wet,
   And Phoebus fir'd my vocal rage;
 He caught me in his silken net,
   And shut me in his golden cage.

 He loves to sit and hear me sing,
   Then, laughing, sports and plays with me;
 Then stretches out my golden wing,
   And mocks my loss of liberty.

by William Blake (1757-1827) , "Song: How sweet I roam'd from field to field", from Poetical Sketches, published 1783

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

by Malcolm Henry Arnold (1921-2006) , "How sweet I roam'd", op. 66 no. 3 (1959), published 1966, from Five William Blake Songs, no. 3.
by Maurice Blower (1894-1982) , "How sweet I roam'd", published c1959. [SSA chorus, accompanied]
by Felix Corbett (1861-1940) , "Prince of Love", published 1889. [voice, piano]
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) , "Love's prisoner", 1933, published 1933. [voice and piano]
by Basil Harwood (1859-1949) , "How sweet I roam'd from field to field", op. 53 no. 2, published c1933 [part-song for SATB a cappella], London, Novello
by (Martin) William Karlins (1932-2005) , "Song for Soprano", published 1963, first performed 1981 [soprano, flute, and violoncello], New York, American Composers Alliance
by Frank Lewin (1925-) , "Song: How sweet I roam'd", published 1960, first performed 1961 [soprano and chamber ensemble], from Innocence and Experience, no. 2, New York, American Composers Alliance
by John Mitchell (1941-) , "How sweet I roam'd", op. 1 no. 5 (1964), rev. 1977, from Seven Songs from William Blake, no. 5.
by Joseph Roff (1910-1993) , "How sweet I roamed", published c1954 [SAB chorus and piano], Philadelphia, Elkan-Vogel Co.

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