The wild flower's song | As I wander'd the forest

The wild flower's song

Language: English

As I wander'd the forest,
The green leaves among,
I heard a wild flower
Singing a song:

"I slept in the dark
In the silent night,
I murmur'd my fears
And I felt delight.

"In the morning I went
As rosy as morn
To seek for a new Joy,
But I met with scorn."

Text Authorship:

by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "The wild flower's song", from Life, Vol. II, first published 1863 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The wild flower's song", 1907, published 1909, from Three Blake Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "The wild flower's song", op. 54 (Three songs for medium voice) no. 3 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], Cincinnati : John Church [sung text not yet checked]
by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "The wild flower's song", 1976 [ double mixed chorus a cappella ], from Nine poems from the note-book (1793) of William Blake, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Bernard Sidney Garte (1923 - 1953), "The wild flower's song", c1946 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Songs of William Blake, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Matthew Hale (1875 - 1960), "The wild flower's song", op. 16 no. 6, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs, no. 6, London : A. Lengnick [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The wild flower's song", op. 9 (Seven songs) no. 6 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "The wild flower's song", 1942, published c1945 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Nine English Songs, no. 6, London : Schott & Co.; NY : Associated Music Publishers [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Lienert (b. 1953), "The wild flower's song", 1972 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter J. Lockitt , "The wild flower's song", published c1907 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1, London : Weekes & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The wild flower's song", op. 20 no. 2 (1917), published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Three Blake Songs, no. 2, Winthrop Rogers [sung text not yet checked]
by Leo Smith (1881 - 1952), "The wild flower's song", published c1912 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Five songs, no. 1, Winnipeg and Toronto : Whaley, Royce & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by John Unett , "The wild flower's song ", published c1933 [ high voice and piano ], London : Murdoch, Murdoch & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Paul Vollrath (b. 1931), "The wild flower's song", 1963, from Five Short Songs by William Blake [sung text not yet checked]
by Raymond Wilding-White (1922 - 2001), "The wild flower's song", published c1972 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four William Blake Songs, no. 4, NY : Highgate Press (Galaxy) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54