by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The old house by the lindens
Language: English
The old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air; But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He looked for his little playmates, Who would return no more. They walked not under the lindens, They played not in the hall; But shadow, and silence, and sadness Were hanging over all. The birds sang in the branches, With sweet, familiar tone; But the voices of the children Will be heard in dreams alone! And the boy that walked beside me, He could not understand Why closer in mine, ah! closer, I pressed his warm, soft hand!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The open window", appears in The Seaside and the Fireside, first published 1849 [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 R. Andrews , "The open window" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Bennett (1804 - 1870), "The old house by the lindens stood" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "The old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Crozat Converse (1832 - 1918), as Karl Redan, "Old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by ?, Miss Davis , "The open window" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Dickson (1819 - 1878), "The open window" [ voice and piano ], under the pen-name "Dolores" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic R. Fontein-Tuinhout (1854 - 1909), "The open window", op. 10 (Three serious songs) no. 1, published 1906 [ alto or bass-baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Joseph Frost (1848 - 1918), "The open window" [ duet for soprano and contralto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Scott Gatty (1847 - 1918), "The open window", published 187-? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Howard Glover (1819 - 1875), "The old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Laurence Hime (b. 1823), "The open window" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Lothar Liebling (1865 - 1946), "The open window", op. 36, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. W. Martin , "The open window" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles M. Miller , "The open window" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Minima , "The old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. H. Mitchell , "The old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Henry Rosewig (1846 - 1929), "The old house by the lindens. The faces of the children they were no longer there.", published 1880 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willoughby Hunter Weiss (1820 - 1867), "The old house by the lindens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Das offene Fenster", first published <<1912
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 129