L'oiseau bleu

The lake lay blue below the hill,
O'er it, as I looked, there flew
Across the waters, cold and still,
A bird whose wings were palest blue.

The sky above was blue at last,
The sky beneath me blue in blue,
A moment, ere the bird had passed,
It caught his image as he flew.

by Mary Coleridge (1861-1907) , "L'oiseau bleu", from Poems, no. 52, published 1907

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

by William Busch (1901-1945) , "L'oiseau bleu", c1944. [voice and piano]
by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) , "The blue bird", op. 119 (Eight partsongs) no. 3, published 1910. [SSAA chorus a cappella]

GER German (Martin Stock)
FRE French (Dwain Richardson)

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