by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
What if...
Language: English
What if you slept? And what if in your sleep you dreamed? And what if in your dream you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flow'r? And what if when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah! What then?
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "What if?", 2011 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of the Spirit, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "What if...", 1986 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 46