The idle life I lead

The idle life I lead 
Is like a pleasant sleep, 
Wherein I rest and heed 
The dreams that by me sweep. 

And still of all my dreams 
In turn so swiftly past, 
Each in its fancy seems 
A nobler than the last. 

And every eve I say, 
Noting my step in bliss, 
That I have known no day 
In all my life like this.

by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) , no title, from The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, published 1890

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

by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "The idle life I lead", 1935 [women's chorus a cappella], from Five Part-Songs for Women's Choir, Set II, no. ?
by Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) , "The idle life I lead", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Six songs, no. ?
by Clara Osmond , "The idle life I lead", published 1927. [SSA chorus a cappella]

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