O, like a queen's her happy tread

O, like a queen's her happy tread,
And like a queen's her golden head!
But O, at last, when all is said,
Her woman's heart for me!

We wandered where the river gleamed
'Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed,
A wild thing of the woods she seemed,
So proud, and pure, and free!

All heaven drew nigh to hear her sing,
When from her lips her soul took wing;
The oaks forgot their pondering,
The pines their reverie.

And O, her happy, queenly tread,
And O, her queenly golden head!
But O, her heart, when all is said,
Her woman's heart for me!

by Sir William Watson (1858-1935) , "Song", from The Father of the Forest and Other Poems, published 1895

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

by Percy Lee Atherton (1871-1944) , "Like a Queen", op. 16 (Two Poems by W. Watson) no. 1, published 1905. [voice and piano]
by Samuel C. Colburn , "Like a Queen", published <<1940. [voice and piano]
by Clayton Johns (1857-1932) , "Like a Queen", <<1932. [voice and piano]
by Samuel Liddle (1864?-1951) , "O, like a Queen", <<1951. [voice and piano]
by Arthur Shepherd (1880-1958) , unknown title, lines 6-? [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-21.

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