Daisy's song

The sun, with his great eye, 
Sees not so much as I ; 
And the moon, all silver, proud, 
Might as well be in a cloud. 

And the spring -- the spring ! 
I lead the life of a king ! 
Couch'd in the teeming grass, 
I spy each pretty lass. 

I look where no one dares, 
And I stare where no one stares, 
And when the night is nigh, 
Lambs bleat my lullaby.

by John Keats (1795-1821) , "Daisy's song", from Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats, in Extracts from an Opera, published 1848

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

by Cecil Burleigh (1885-1980) , "Daisy's song", published 1917 [low voice and piano], from Seven songs, no. ?
by George Cory (1920?-) , "Daisy's song", published 1947. [low voice and piano]
by Eugene Hartzell (1932-2000) , "Daisy's song", 1978 [tenor and guitar], also set in German, translation by Wolfgang Ploderer
by John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902-1986) , "Daisy's song", published 1939. [unison voices and piano]
by Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918) , "The daisy's song", published 1896. [high voice and piano]
by Kurt Schindler (1882-1935) , "The daisy's song", op. 11 (Three songs) no. 1, published 1908. [high voice and piano]
by Frederick William Wadely , "Daisy's song", published 1919. [SA chorus and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-02-15.

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