by William Watson, Sir (1858 - 1935)
O, like a queen's her happy tread
Language: English
O, like a queen's her happy tread, And like a queen's her golden head! But O, at last, when all is said, Her woman's heart for me! We wandered where the river gleamed 'Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed, A wild thing of the woods she seemed, So proud, and pure, and free! All heaven drew nigh to hear her sing, When from her lips her soul took wing; The oaks forgot their pondering, The pines their reverie. And O, her happy, queenly tread, And O, her queenly golden head! But O, her heart, when all is said, Her woman's heart for me!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Watson, Sir (1858 - 1935), "Song", appears in The Father of the Forest and Other Poems, first published 1895 [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 Percy Lee Atherton (1871 - 1944), "Like a Queen", op. 16 (Two Poems by W. Watson) no. 1, published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel C. Colburn , "Like a Queen", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clayton Johns (1857 - 1932), "Like a Queen", <<1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "O, like a Queen", <<1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Shepherd (1880 - 1958), "'Neath oaks that mused and pines that dreamed" [ voice and piano ], note: the sung text begins on line 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 105