In Dreams, Unhappy | In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand

In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand

Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER ITA LIT

In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand
As heretofore:
The unremember'd tokens in your hand
Avail no more.

No more the morning glow, no more the grace,
Enshrines, endears.
Cold beats the light of time upon your face
And shows your tears.

He came and went. Perchance you wept awhile
And then forgot.
Ah me! but he that left you with a smile
Forgets you not.

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Songs of Travel and other verses, no. 4, first published 1896 [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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "In Dreams, Unhappy", op. 584 (1961) [sung text not yet checked]
by Elliott Schenck , "In dreams unhappy, I behold you stand", published 1902, from The Unforgotten [sung text not yet checked]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "In dreams", 1904, published 1907, orchestrated 1962 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Travel, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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