by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953)
Meadow and Orchard
Language: English
My heart is like a meadow, Where clouds go over, Dappling the mingled grass and clover With mingled sun and shadow, With light that will not stay And shade that sails away. Your heart is like an orchard, That has the sun for ever in its leaves, Where, on the grass beneath the trees, There falls the shadow of the fruit That ripen there for me.
Authorship:
- by Edward Shanks (1892 - 1953), "Meadow and Orchard", appears in Poems, first published 1916 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Meadow and Orchard", 1920. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 11
Word count: 66