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by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Translation by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853 - 1912)

Art thou pale for weariness
Language: English 
Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth, --
And ever changing, like a joyless eye 
That finds no object worth its constancy?

Thou chosen sister of the Spirit,
That grazes on thee till in thee it pities...

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   C. Chávez •   W. Ogdon 

W. Ogdon sets stanza 1
C. Chávez sets stanza 1

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Note: this is a fragment; the first two lines of a second stanza were published by W. M. Rossetti in 1870

Text Authorship:

  • by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "To the Moon", first published 1824 [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 Creighton Allen (1900 - 1969), "To the moon", published 1954, from Shelley Songs, Cycle of Ten Songs, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Judith Margaret Bailey , "To the moon", 1969 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Settings of Poems by Shelley [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "To the moon", 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Fairfax Birch (b. 1917), "To the moon", published 1954 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carey Blyton (1932 - 2002), "To the moon", 1956-60 [ high voice, string quartet or orchestra ], from Lachrymae - In Memoriam John Dowland, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carlos Chávez (1899 - 1978), "To the Moon", published 1946, stanza 1 [ SSAATTBB chorus a cappella ], from Three Nocturnes, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "To the moon", <<1932 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Will Ogdon (1921 - 2013), "Moon song", 1950, stanza 1 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Baritone Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Měsíci", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1901


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Měsíci
Language: Czech (Čeština)  after the English 
Mdlobou snad jsi bledolící
cestou nebem, díváním se k zemi,
bez družky sám putující
cizorodých hvězd zástupy všemi,
se měnící jak oko, jež nezná radosti
a nenalézá předmět hodný stálosti?

Confirmed with SHELLEY, P. B. Výbor lyriky, translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický, Praha: J. Otto, 1901, page 98.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853 - 1912), "Měsíci", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1901 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "To the Moon", first published 1824
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

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