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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation © by Paolo Montanari

The world is so full of a number of...
Language: English 
Our translations:  ITA
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Happy thought", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [author's text not yet checked 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 (Robert) Houston Bright (1916 - 1970), "Happy thought", published 1967 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from From "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joan Clark , "Happy thought", published 1933 [ unaccompanied voice ], in the collection New Universal School Music Series: My First Song Book [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Falk , "Happy thought", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antonio Giacometti (b. 1957), "Happy thought", 2005 [ baritone and piano ], from Seven Stevenson Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Edward Jager (b. 1939), "A happy thought" [ soprano and piano ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marvin Radnor , "Happy thought", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1931 - 2003), "Happy thought", published 1968 [ high voice and piano ], from From a child's garden, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Luigi Zaninelli (b. 1932), "The world is so full of a number of things", published 1962 [ SSA chorus and instrumental ensemble or piano ], from The world is so full [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Pensiero felice", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 2
Word count: 20

Pensiero felice
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English 
Il mondo è così pieno di un sacco di cose,
sono sicuro che saremo tutti felici come re.

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  • Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Paolo Montanari, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "Happy thought", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 18

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