by John Keats (1795 - 1821)

Language: English 
Where be you going, you Devon Maid? 
   And what have ye there in the Basket? 
Ye tight little fairy just fresh from the dairy, 
   Will ye give me some cream if I ask it? 

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I'll put your Basket all safe in the nook, 
   Your shawl I'll hang up on the willow, 
And we will sigh in the daisy's eye 
   And kiss on the grass green pillow.

I love your hills, and I love your dales, 
   And I love your flocks a-bleating -- 
But O, on the heather to lie together, 
   With both our hearts a-beating! 

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Composition:

    Set to music by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "The Devon maid", 1903, stanzas 1,4,3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Two Songs, no. 1, first appeared in Vocalist, 1905

Text Authorship:

  • by John Keats (1795 - 1821), "The Devon maid", subtitle: "Stanzas Sent in a Letter to B. R. Haydon"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 126