Over the hills

Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming
  Slowly I take my way.
Life is the night with its dream-visions teeming,
  Death is the waking at day.

Down thro' the dales and the bowers of loving,
  Singing, I roam afar.
Daytime or night-time, I constantly roving, -- 
  Dearest one, thou art my star.

by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) , "Over the hills", from Lyrics of the Hearthside, published 1899

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

by Marion Eugénie Bauer (1882-1955) , "Over the hills", published 1912. [voice and piano]
by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) , "Over the hills", op. 17 (African Romances) no. 6, published 1897. [voice and piano]
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) , "My star", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1897. [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-07-27.

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