To me at my fifth‑floor window

To me at my fifth-floor window
The chimney-pots in rows
Are sets of pipes pandean
For every wind that blows;

And the smoke that whirls and eddies
In a thousand times and keys
Is really a visible music
Set to my reveries.

O monstrous pipes, melodious
With fitful tune and dream,
The clouds are your only audience,
Her thought is your only theme!

by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) , no title, from A Book of Verses, published 1888

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

by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870-1946) , "To me at my fifth-floor window", published 1907. [soprano or tenor and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-12-10.

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