Oh where art thou dreaming

Oh where art thou dreaming,
  On land, or on sea?
In my lattice is gleaming 
  The watch-light for thee;
And this fond heart is glowing
  To welcome thee home,
And the night is fast going,
  But thou art not come:
      No, thou com'st not!

'Tis the time when night flowers
  Should wake from their rest,
'Tis the hour of all hours
  When the lute singeth best,
But the flowers are half sleeping
  Till thy glance they see;
And the hushed lute is keeping
  Its music for thee.
      Yet thou com'st not!

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Authorship

• by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "Song" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Frederic Abel (fl. 1852-53), "Oh, where art thou dreaming?", published 1852 [voice and piano], Cincinnati: W.C. Peters and Sons [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "Oh where art thou dreaming?", 1887 [chorus], partsong [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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