by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
A boat beneath a sunny sky
Language: English
A boat beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July — Children three that nestle near, Eager eye and willing ear, Pleased a simple tale to hear — Long has paled that sunny sky: Echoes fade and memories die: Autumn frosts have slain July. Still she haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes. Children yet, the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near. In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream — Lingering in the golden gleam — Life, what is it but a dream?
Confirmed with Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London : MacMillan & Co., 1872, p.223
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, "A boat beneath a sunny sky", appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, no. 12b [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "A boat beneath a sunny sky", 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Songs on Verse by Lewis Carroll, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amy Gordon , "A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky", copyright © 2012 [ satb chorus ]
Publisher: Amy Gordon [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "A boat, beneath a sunny sky", op. 136 no. 1 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Alice: Five Lewis Carroll Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-21
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