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Texts by E. Wilcox set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)

Text Collections:

  • Poems of Experience
  • Poems of Pleasure
  • Sonnets of Sorrow and Triumph

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • A face (Between the curtains of snowy lace) - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen
  • An answer (Up to the gates of gleaming Pearl) (from Poems of Experience) - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen
  • A Sailor's Wife (Sun in my lattice, and sun on the sea) - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen
  • At dawn (Day's sweetest moments are at dawn) (from Poems of Pleasure - 1. Passional) - H. Willan
  • Between the curtains of snowy lace - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen (A face)
  • Dawn (Day's sweetest moments are at dawn) (from Poems of Pleasure - 1. Passional)
  • Day's sweetest moments are at dawn (from Poems of Pleasure - 1. Passional) - H. Willan (Dawn)
  • Do you know what moves the tides? - T. del Riego [x]
  • Einst kommt der Tag, da Einer von uns beiden (Einst kommt der Tag) - R. Goldbeck
  • Einst kommt der Tag (Einst kommt der Tag, da Einer von uns beiden)
  • Her Love (from 'Maurine') (The sands upon the ocean side)
  • Her Love (The sands upon the ocean side) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
  • I come to thee (O thou, mine other, stronger part!)
  • Mother says, "Be in no hurry - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen (To marry or not to marry?)
  • One of us two (The day will dawn when one of us shall hearken) (from Sonnets of Sorrow and Triumph) GER
  • O praise me not with thy lips, dear one! - S. Coleridge-Taylor (Song (from 'Maurine'))
  • O praise me not (O praise me not with thy lips, dear one!) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
  • O ship, that sailest slowly, slowly on - S. Coleridge-Taylor (Song (from 'Maurine'))
  • O ship, that sailest (O ship, that sailest slowly, slowly on) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
  • O thou, mine other, stronger part! - S. Coleridge-Taylor (I come to thee)
  • O thou, mine other (O thou, mine other, stronger part!) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
  • Sing to me! Something of sunlight and bloom - A. Ramsey
  • Sing to Me (Sing to me! Something of sunlight and bloom) - A. Ramsey
  • Smile a little - K. Heron-Maxwell [x]
  • Smiles (Smile a little) - K. Heron-Maxwell [x]
  • Song (from 'Maurine') (O praise me not with thy lips, dear one!)
  • Song (from 'Maurine') (O ship, that sailest slowly, slowly on)
  • Sun in my lattice, and sun on the sea - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen (A Sailor's Wife)
  • The Answer (Up to the gates of gleaming Pearl) (from Poems of Experience)
  • The day will dawn when one of us shall hearken (from Sonnets of Sorrow and Triumph) GER (One of us two) -
  • The reason (Do you know what moves the tides?) - T. del Riego [x]
  • The sands upon the ocean side - S. Coleridge-Taylor (Her Love (from 'Maurine'))
  • To marry or not to marry? (Mother says, "Be in no hurry) - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen
  • Up to the gates of gleaming Pearl (from Poems of Experience) - A. Mesritz-van Velthuysen (The Answer)

Last update: 2026-09-02 12:25:01

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