The window

Behind the blinds I sit and watch
The people passing - passing by;
And not a single one can see
My tiny watching eye.

They cannot see my little room,
All yellowed with the shaded sun;
They do not even know I'm here;
Nor'll guess when I am gone.

by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) , "The window", from Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, published 1913

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

by Edward Allam , "The window", published <<1956. [voice and piano]
by Eileen Belchamber , "The window", published <<1951. [unison voices and piano]
by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947) , "The window", published 1927 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Three Songs from "Peacock Pie"

Date added to the website: 2008-01-13.

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