The brooklet and the wave

The brooklet came from the mountain,
  As sang the bard of old,
Running with feet of silver
  Over the sands of gold! 

Far away in the briny ocean
  There rolled a turbulent wave,
Now singing along the sea-beach,
  Now howling along the cave. 

And the brooklet has found the billow,
  Though they flowed so far apart,
And has filled with its freshness and sweetness
  That turbulent, bitter heart!

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , "The brooklet and the wave", from Birds of Passage, published 1873

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

by Francis Boott (1813-1904) , "The brooklet", published 1874. [mezzo-soprano, tenor (or baritone), and piano]
by Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946) , "The brooklet came from the mountain", published 1944? [low voice and piano]
by Henry J. Lautz , "The brook and the wave", published 1902, also set in German
by James Lynam Molloy (1837-1909) , "The brook and the wave", published between 1858 and 1876. [voice and piano]
by Amy Ursula Parr , "The brook and the wave" [voice and piano]
by Henry Pontet (1840-1902) , "The brook and the wave" [voice and piano]
by Charles P. Scott , "The brook and the wave", published 1897.

Date added to the website: 2008-06-05.

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