Arcadie

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.

Submitted by Nich Roehler

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] [
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