by Hildegarde Hawthorne (1871 - 1952)
I Know a Little Garden Path
Language: English
I know a little garden path, And tread it every day; Great dusky roses grow thereby, And set along the way Are strange tall lilies silver white And purple as they sway. The hour is late when I go down Between their solemn rows, All golden tawny is the West And hushed to deep repose, A fragrance thrills upon the air, And silence with me goes. Yet, as I pass, I hear a voice That calls again to me; And where the lilies crowd and sigh I look but dare not see! And in the dark the garden fades, And leaves me memory.
Authorship:
- by Hildegarde Hawthorne (1871 - 1952) [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 Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "I Know a Little Garden Path", op. 72 (Five Songs) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2022-10-06
Line count: 18
Word count: 103