Many a beauteous flower doth spring From the tears that flood my eyes, And the nightingale doth sing In the burthen of my sighs. If, O child, thou lovest me, Take these flowerets fair and frail, And my soul shall waft to thee Love songs of the nightingale.
Two songs
Song Cycle by Elizabeth R. Mitchell
2. Many a beauteous flower  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Eugene Field (1850 - 1895), "Love Song -- Heine" [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 22
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