by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Picture‑books in Winter
Language: English
Summer fading, winter comes Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs, Window robins, winter rooks, And the picture story books. Water now is turned to stone Nurse and I can walk upon; Still we find the flowing brooks In the picture story books. All the pretty things put by Wait upon the children's eye, Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks, In the picture story books. We may see how all things are, Seas and cities, near and far, And the flying fairies' looks, In the picture story books. How can I to sing your praise, Happy chimney corner days, Sitting safe in nurs'ry nooks, Reading picture story books?
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Picture-books in Winter", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Thomas Crawford , "Picture-books in Winter", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "Picture-books in Winter", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ian Higginson (b. 1959), "Picture-books in Winter" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953), "Picture-books in Winter", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Five Children's Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 20
Word count: 105