by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
The Wood of Flowers
Language: English
I went to the Wood of Flowers (No one was with me) ; I was there alone for hours. I was happy as could be In the Wood of Flowers. There was grass on the ground, There were buds on the tree, And the wind had a sound Of such gaiety, That I was as happy As happy could be, In the Wood of Flowers.
Text Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "The Wood of Flowers", appears in The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin, first published 1915 [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 Ivy Frances Klein, née Salaman (b. 1895), "The Wood of Flowers", published 1958 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "The Wood of Flowers" [ children's chorus ], from Three Songs for Children's Voices, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 64