by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908)
To a Common Flower
Language: English
Thy waxen blooms of yesterday Today all wither and decay. But, oh, so sweet a life is thine! Never knowing ill words spoken, Sorrow of a heart that's broken, So full of days unlike to mine.
Confirmed with The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey, collected and arranged by Mrs. Minnie H. Posey, Topeka, Kansas, 1910.
Authorship:
- by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908), "To a Common Flower" [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 Knaggs , "To a Common Flower", 2006 [ soprano and piano ], from Six songs for voice and piano, poetry by Alexander Posey (1873-1908), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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