sometimes misattributed to Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856 - 1935) and by Arthur Willis Colton (1868 - 1943)
Arcadie
Language: English
On the road to Arcadie, Past the mountains, past the sea Past the crossroads soberly To Arcadie, to Arcadie. Pilgrims of a dream are we Knowing not if true it be, But we press on silently To Arcadie, to Arcadie, Arcadie, oh Arcadie! We are lost, we cannot see, For the dust blows bitterly On the road to Arcadie.
First published in The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 63, 1898.
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856 - 1935)
- by Arthur Willis Colton (1868 - 1943), appears in Harps Hung up in Babylon, first published 1907 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Arcadie", op. 28 (Three songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 59