by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
O Lapwing, thou fliest around the heath
Language: English
O Lapwing, thou fliest around the heath Nor seest the net that is spread beneath. Why dost thou not fly among the corn fields? They cannot spread nets where a harvest yields.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Notebook, in Gnomic Verses, no. 15 [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 David Haines (b. 1956), "O Lapwing", 1972-9, rev. 1984, first performed 1979 [high voice and piano], from Songs of Experience, no. 8. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 32