by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864)
It sometimes comes into my head
Language: English
It sometimes comes into my head That we may dream, may dream when we are dead, But I am far from sure we do. O that it were so, O that it were so, then my rest Would be, would be indeed among the blest, I should for ever dream, I should for ever dream of you.
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Authorship:
- by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864), no title, from The Works of Walter Savage Landor, Volume II, first published 1846 [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "O that it were so!", published 1913 [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruno Siegfried Huhn (1871 - 1950), "That it were so", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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