by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
When the voices of children are heard on...
Language: English
When the voices of children are heard on the green And whisp'rings are in the dale, The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green and pale. Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of night arise; Your spring & your day are wasted in play, And your winter and night in disguise.
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Authorship
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Nurse's song", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Experience, no. 8, first published 1794 [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 William Bolcom (b. 1938), "Nurse's song", 1956-81 [solo voices, chorus, orchestra], from Songs of Experience, Volume One, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "The nurse's song", 1930. [duet for soprano and contralto with piano] [text not verified]
- by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "Nurse's song", c1959 [voice and piano], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 33. [text not verified]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Nurse's song", op. 33 no. 9, published 1910 [vocal trio with piano], from the collection A Merry Heart and Other Songs, no. 9, partsong; London : Novello [text not verified]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "Nurse's song", op. 27a no. 8 (1973) [voice and piano], from Songs of Experience, no. 8. [text not verified]
- by David Haines (b. 1956), "Nurse's song", 1972-9, rev. 1984, first performed 1979 [high voice and piano], from Songs of Experience, no. 6. [text not verified]
- by Mary Margaret Kelly (b. 1957), "Nurse's song II", c1985 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Five Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 4. [text not verified]
- by David Krane (b. 1953), "Nurse's song", c1972 [soprano and piano], from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 4. [text not verified]
- by Wilfrid Howard Mellers (b. 1914), "Nurse's Song II", 1976 [unaccompanied soprano], from The Echoing Green : Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2. [text not verified]
- by Mark Raphael (b. 1900), "The nurse's song", 1966. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Margaret Lucy Wilkins (b. 1939), "Nurse's song: Experience", op. 15 no. 6 (1970) [mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 6. [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
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Word count: 64