by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
The Land of Counterpane
Language: English
When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had two pillows at my head, And all my toys beside me lay, To keep me happy all the day. And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden soldiers go, With different uniforms and drills, Among the bed-clothes, through the hills; And sometimes sent my ships in fleets All up and down among the sheets; Or brought my trees and houses out, And planted cities all about. I was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow-hill, And sees before him, dale and plain, The pleasant land of counterpane.
First published in Magazine of Art, July 1884
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The Land of Counterpane", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "The Land of Counterpane", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from The Stevenson Song-Book [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Crowningshield , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Edward Jager (b. 1939), "The Land of Counterpane" [ soprano and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Otto Miessner (1880 - 1967), "The Land of Counterpane", published 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marvin Radnor , "The Land of Counterpane", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Griffen (Griffin?) Shepard (1848 - 1905), "The Land of Counterpane", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from A cycle of songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 102