by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb (1881 - 1927)
Be still, you little leaves! nor tell...
Language: English
Be still, you little leaves! nor tell your sorrow To any passing bat or hovering owl Or the low-splashing, restless water-fowl. You flowering rushes, sigh not till to-morrow; Come not, sad wind, out of your caverns eerie: My love is sleeping, and my love is weary.
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Authorship:
- by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb (1881 - 1927), no title, appears in Poems and The Spring of Joy, first published 1928 [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 Ronald Chamberlain , "Be still, you little leaves", published 1932 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Be still, you little leaves", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-14
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Word count: 46