The land of dreams - de Lange, Huub

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"#2 from ''Four Romantic Poems (Huub de Lange)'', recent settings of poems by Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Alice Stuart and A.B. Banjo Peterson"

◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments Piano

Pages 13

CPDL # 17417

Editor Huub de Lange

Posted 2008-07-03

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

'Awake, awake, my little boy! Thou wast thy mother's only joy; Why dost thou weep in thy gentle sleep? Awake! Thy father does thee keep.' 'O, what land is the Land of Dreams? What are its mountains, and what are its streams? O father! I saw my mother there, Among the lilies by waters fair.' 'Among the lambs, clothed in white, She walk'd with her Thomas in sweet delight. I wept for joy, like a dove I mourn; O! when shall I again return?' 'Dear child, I also by pleasant streams Have wander'd all night in the Land of Dreams; But tho' calm and warm the waters wide, I could not get to the other side.' 'Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear? The Land of Dreams is better far Above the light of the morning star.'