by Winthrop Packard (1862 - 1943)
A gentle hint
Language: English
“You may not kiss me, sir,” she said, As saucily she tossed her head; While laughter welled deep in her eyes, “You may not kiss me -- ’till snow flies.” Now this befell in jocund May When all the air with bloom was gay. But I -- I wished each leaf were sere And dull December days were here, Till there beneath the apple trees, White petals showered in every breeze And lay in fairy windrows foiled; “Why, how it snows!” she said, and smiled.
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Confirmed with Argosy All-Story Weekly, Volume 25, 1897, page 470
Authorship:
- by Winthrop Packard (1862 - 1943), "A gentle hint", written 1903 [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 Franklin W. Riker , "A gentle hint" [SATB chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
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