The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call, And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute, But I love him best of all. For his song is all of the joy of life, And we in the [mad]1, spring weather, We two have listened till he [sang]2 Our hearts and lips together.
Four Songs , opus 59
by Horatio William Parker (1863 - 1919)
The blackbird
Language: English
Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Set by by Horatio William Parker (1863 - 1919), op. 59, published 1904View original text (without footnotes)
1 Parker: "glad"
2 Parker: "sung"
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