by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945)
The clover
Language: English
O ruddy Lover! O brave red Clover! Didst think to win her Thou dost adore? She will not love thee, She looks above thee, The Daisy's gold doth move her more. If gold can win her, So leave the Sinner, And sigh no more!
Authorship:
- by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857 - 1945), "The clover" [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The clover", op. 31 (Three Flower Songs) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "The clover", op. 26 (From an old garden (six songs)) no. 3, published c1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "De klaver", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Der Rotklee", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 7
Word count: 44