by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
The little boy lost in the lonely fen
Language: English
The little boy lost in the lonely fen, Led by the wand'ring light, Began to cry; but God, ever nigh, Appear'd like his father, in white. He kissed the child, and by the hand led, And to his mother brought, Who in sorrow pale, thro' the lonely dale, Her little boy weeping sought.
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Authorship
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The little boy found", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 9, first published 1789 [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 William Bolcom (b. 1938), "The little boy found", 1956-81 [solo voices, chorus, orchestra], from Songs of Innocence, no. 21. [text not verified]
- by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "The little boy found", op. 34a no. 5, published 1912, from Six Unison Songs, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "The little boy found", 1914, published c1917. [duet for soprano and alto with piano] [text not verified]
- by Vincent Henry Palmer Caillard, Sir (1856 - 1930), "The little boy found", published 1891 [voice and piano], from The Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 9, London : Novello, Ewer & Co. [text not verified]
- by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "The little boy found", c1959 [voice and piano], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 10. [text not verified]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "The little boy found", op. 27b no. 9 (1973) [voice and piano], from Songs of Innocence, no. 9. [text not verified]
- by Julius Allan Greenway Harrison (1885 - 1963), "The little boy found", 1908, published c1909 [SSC chorus a cappella], London : J. Williams [text not verified]
- by (Richard) Kenneth Haxton (b. 1919), "Little boy found", 1962, first performed 1969. [high voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (b. 1952), "The little boy found", c1977 [tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Douglas McGilvra (b. 1945), "The little boy found", 1976-7, first performed 1978 [soprano, three flutes, 2 pianos, and celesta], from Blake Texts, no. 3. [text not verified]
- by Ellen Raskin (1928 - 1984), "The little boy found", published 1966 [voice and piano or guitar], from Songs of Innocence, no. 9, Garden City, NY : Doubleday [text not verified]
- by Russell Smith (b. 1927), "The little boy found", 1949 [medium voice and piano], from Six Songs of Innocence, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928), "The little boy found", 1948-50, rev. 1965 [voice and piano], from Songs of Innocence, no. 9, another version exists for voice, flute, and string quintet (composed 1966-71) [text not verified]
- by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "The little boy found", 1960? [high voice and piano], from Songs of Innocence, no. 8. [text not verified]
- by William Brocklesby Wordsworth (1908 - 1988), "Little boy found", op. 56 no. 4 (1953), published 1960 [SATB chorus and piano], from Childhood Visions, no. 4, London : A. Lengnick (Belwin-Mills) [text not verified]
- by William Brocklesby Wordsworth (1908 - 1988), "In futurity... The little boy lost in the lonely fen", op. 46 no. 5 (1950) [SSA chorus, strings, and piano], from A Vision, no. 5. [text not verified]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Solomon Pimsleur (1900 - 1962), "Little boy lost, found", op. 11 no. 5 (1922), rev. 1930, from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 5..
- by Ken Neufeld , "The little boy lost - The little boy found", published c1979 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 2, Fort Lauderdale, FL : Aberdeen Music (Plymouth Music Co.).
- by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "The little boy lost and found", 1935-6, first performed 1975 [voice and piano], from Songs of Innocence, no. 7..
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Little boy lost and found", 1960 [voice and piano], from Song Cycle : On Children, no. 4..
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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