by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Happy thought Matches base text
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Composition:
- Set to music by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "Happy thought", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 12
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Happy thought", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Pensiero felice", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 2
Word count: 20