by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
What art thou thinking of," said the...
Language: English
"What art thou thinking of," said the mother. "What art thou thinking of, my child?" "I am thinking of heaven," he answered her, And looked up in her face and smiled. "And what didst thou think of heaven?" she said: "Tell me, my little one." "Oh I thought that there the flowers never fade, That there never sets the sun." "And wouldst thou love to go thither, my child, Thither wouldst thou love to go, And leave the pretty flowers that wither, And the sun that sets below?" "Oh I would be glad to go there, mother, To go and live there now; And I would pray for thy coming, mother; My mother wouldst not thou? wouldst not thou?"
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Mother and Child", from Verses, first published 1847 [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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "What art thou thinking of?", 1924, published 1976. [soprano or tenor and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "What art thou thinking of? ", published 1924 [voice and piano], London : Elkin [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 119