I know a bank whereon the wild thyme...

I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where [oxlips]1 and the nodding violet grows
[Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine: ]2
There sleeps [Titania some time]2 of the night,
Lull'd in [these]3 flowers with dances and delight.

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¹ Lehmann: "oxlip"
² Lehmann: "our Fairy Queen some times"
³ Lehmann: "the"

Input by Barbara Miller

Authorship

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene 1

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

by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918) , "Titania's Cradle"
by Betty Roe (1930-) , "I know a bank", published 2001 [medium voice, treble recorder and piano], in collection Seven Short Songs for voice, recorder and piano

FRE French (François-Victor Hugo) , title unknown

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