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by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)

The Song of the Wanderer
Language: English 
Nobody, nobody told me,
What nobody, nobody knows
But now I know where the Rainbow ends
I know where there grows 
A Tree, that's called the Tree of Life
I know where there flows
The River of All-Forgottenness
And where the lotus blows,
And I - I've trodden the forest, where
In flames of gold and rose,
To burn and then arise again,
The Phoenix goes.

Nobody, nobody told me,
What nobody, nobody knows:
Hide thy face in a veil of light,
Put on thy silver shoes,
Thou art the Stranger I know best,
Thou art the sweet heart who
Came from the land between Wake and Dream
Cold with the morning dew.

Text Authorship:

  • by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956) [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 Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "The Song of the Wanderer", 1986 [ voice or unison chorus and piano ], from Dream-Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 112

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