by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Looking‑Glass River Matches base text
Language: English
Smooth it slides upon its travel, Here a wimple, there a gleam - O the clean gravel! O the smooth stream! Sailing blossoms, silver fishes, Paven pools as clear as air - How a child wishes To live down there!
Composition:
- Set to music by John Alden Carpenter (1876 - 1951), "Looking-Glass River", 1909, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Songs, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Looking-Glass River", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38