by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The dream of home
Language: English
Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam? Sunlight more soft may o'er us fall, To greener shores our bark may come; But far more bright, more dear than all, That dream of home, that dream of home. Ask the sailor youth when far His light bark bounds o'er ocean's foam, What charms him most, when evening's star Smiles o'er the wave? to dream of home. Fond thoughts of absent friends and loves At that sweet hour around him come; His heart's best joy where'er he roves, That dream of home, that dream of home.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The dream of home" [author's text checked 1 time 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 William Webster Pearson (flourished 1840), "The dream of home", published 1879 [ SATB chorus and piano? ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Henry Thorne (1834 - 1916), "The dream of home", published 1869 [ four-part chorus (ATB with treble voice) and piano ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wood (1866 - 1926), "The dream of home", published 1921 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joachim Raff.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Der Heimath Bild" ; composed by Franz Wilhelm Abt.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Konrad Wilhelm Adolf Laun (1808 - 1881) , "Der Heimathstraum", appears in Liederklänge aus England und Spanien, in 1. Nach Thomas Moore ; composed by Albert Hermann Dietrich.
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Word count: 118
Der Heimath Bild
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Wer fühlte nicht, wie süß und weh Der Heimath Bild, der Heimath Bild, An fernem Strand und fremder See, Dem Traume gleich, das Herz erfüllt? Wohl heller glänzt die Sonne hier, Wohl grüner dort des Eiland's Schild; Doch fesselt nur die Seele mir, Der Heimath Bild, der Heimath Bild. Den Schiffer fragt, wenn fern den Kahn Orion grüßt so freundlich-mild, Das Meer ihn schaukelt leicht die Bahn: Was ihn entzückt? der Heimath Bild! Die Lieben fern, sie nah'n im Chor, Erinn'rung zart im Busen quillt; Wohin er lenkt, ihm leuchtet vor Der Heimath Bild, der Heimath Bild.
Confirmed with Lyrisches Album aus dem Lahngau, herausgegeben von Dr. Paul Wigand, Gießen, J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung, 1858, pages 120-121.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Der Heimath Bild" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The dream of home"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Heimath Bild", op. 215 (5 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang) no. 1, published 1862 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Heimath Bild", op. 172 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Violoncello und Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1860 [ soprano or tenor, cello, piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-09-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 97