The singer and the flowers
Language: English
Oh beaut'ous flow'rs of May That swift must fade away Do you ever in your joyous life remember That tho' so fair today In blossom bright and gay, Ye'll all wither'd lie and dead be ere December? All beauty must decay Alas and welladay! For I cannot choose but ever to remember That she whose charms display, Such perfect grace today Must droop and die when cometh life's December. Sad singer go thy way And learn some lighter lay We live and love, we seek not to remember, We joy in life's heyday And beauty while we may, Content to die when cometh dread December.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "The singer and the flowers", published 1892 [voice and piano], London & Leipzig: Pitt & Hatzfeld Ltd.; Boston: H.B. Stevens Co. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 105