by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
The idle life I lead
Language: English
The idle life I lead Is like a pleasant sleep, Wherein I rest and heed The dreams that by me sweep. And still of all my dreams In turn so swiftly past, Each in its fancy seems A nobler than the last. And every eve I say, Noting my step in bliss, That I have known no day In all my life like this.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The idle life I lead", 1935 [women's chorus a cappella], from Five Part-Songs for Women's Choir, Set II [text not verified]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "The idle life I lead", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Six songs [text not verified]
- by Clara Osmond , "The idle life I lead", published 1927. [SSA chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 64