Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: The hours of folly...Ah, Sun Flower Songtext
von Benjamin Britten

The hours of folly are measured by the clock
But of wisdom no clock can measure
The busy bee has no time for sorrow
Eternity is in love with the productions of time


Ah sunflower weary of time
Who countest the steps of the sun
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveler′s journey is done
Where the youth pines away with desire
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow
Arise from the grave and aspire
Where my sunflower wishes to go
Where my sunflower wishes to go