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I am Dreaming
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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I am Dreaming by Mary Holden Coggeshall — Lyrics
I am dreaming of a cottage,
Half concealed beneath the shade,
Where the robins sweetly caroled,
And the idle zephyr played,
And I weep, as o’er me stealing
Comes an echo soft and low,
From a lute whose chords were broken
By the touch of long ago.
Still in pensive thought I linger,
By that rustic cottage door,
But the zephyr moans in pity,
And the robin sings no more.
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About I am Dreaming
Mary Holden Coggeshall’s I am Dreaming paints a tender, melancholic picture of lost love and idealized memory. The text evokes a rustic cottage, once alive with birdsong and gentle breezes, now a site of poignant remembrance. The dreamer longs for a past filled with a fair maiden, whose absence is deeply felt as she now lies with the roses. This SATB setting in English captures the wistful longing and the sorrow of a love that has passed into the realm of 'long ago.' The music likely reflects this pensive mood, making it a fitting choice for a choir seeking to explore themes of memory and gentle regret within a secular context.
