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by Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842 - 1928)

In blossom time
Language: English 
It's O my heart, my heart,
  To be out in the sun and sing --
To sing and shout in the fields about,
  In the balm and the blossoming!
 
Sing loud, O bird in the tree;
  O bird, sing loud in the sky,
And honey-bees, blacken the clover beds --
  There is none of you glad as I.
 
The leaves laugh low in the wind,
  Laugh low, with the wind at play;
And the odorous call of the flowers all
  Entices my soul away!
 
For O but the world is fair, is fair --
  And O but the world is sweet!
I will out in the gold of the blossoming mould,
  And sit at the Master's feet.
 
And the love my heart would speak,
  I will fold in the lily's rim,
That th' lips of the blossom, more pure and meek,
  May offer it up to Him.
 
Then sing in the hedgerow green, O thrush,
  O skylark, sing in the blue;
Sing loud, sing clear, that the King may hear,
  And my soul shall sing with you!

Text Authorship:

  • by Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842 - 1928), "In blossom time" [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "In blossom time", op. 78 (Three Songs) no. 3, published 1917 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "In blossom time", op. 28 no. 7, from Among flowers, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 174

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