by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Bright wanderer, fair coquette of Heaven
Language: English
Bright wanderer, fair coquette of Heaven, To whom alone it has been given To change and be adored for ever, Envy not this dim world, for never But once within its shadow grew One fair as --
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Fragment: To the moon", first published 1862 [author's text checked 1 time 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 George Antheil (1900 - 1959), "To the moon", published 1951 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Eight Fragments from Shelley, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "К луне" ; composed by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd, Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn, Boris Lvovich Levinson, Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky, Vladimir Ivanovich Pol, Aleksandr Afanasievich Spendiarov.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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