The Land of Counterpane

When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay,
To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.

I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) , "The Land of Counterpane", from A Child's Garden of Verses, published 1885

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

by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1897 [voice and piano], from The Stevenson Song-Book
by Ethel Crowningshield , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1910 [voice and piano], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs, no. ?
by Robert Edward Jager (1939-) , "The Land of Counterpane" [soprano and piano], from A Child's Garden of Verses, no. ?
by William Otto Miessner (1880-1967) , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1929. [voice and piano]
by Marvin Radnor , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1923. [voice and piano]
by Thomas Griffen (Griffin?) Shepard (1848-1905) , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1901 [voice and piano], from A cycle of songs, no. ?

Date added to the website: 2008-12-07.

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