by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
If hope grew on a bush
Language: English
If hope grew on a bush, And joy grew on a tree, What a nosegay for the plucking There would be! But oh! in windy autumn, When frail flowers wither, What should we do for hope and joy, Fading together?
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Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "If hope grew on a bush", published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Kookoorookoo and other songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilda May Sarson (1901? - 1958), "Hope and Joy", published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Boats and Bridges [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-26
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Word count: 40