by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936)
There is a certain garden where I know
Language: English
There is a certain garden where I know That flowers flourish in a poet's spring, Where aye young birds their amorous matins sing, And never ill wind comes, nor any snow. But if you wonder where so fair a show, Where such eternal pleasure may be seen, I say, my memory keeps that garden green, Wherein I loved my first love long ago.
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- by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936), "The Garden of Memory" [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "There is a certain garden", from the collection Eleven Songs and Two Harmonizations, no. 12. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
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