by John Vance Cheney (1848 - 1922)
The wild‑brier Matches base text
Language: English
Night falls with pleading and with pain, On dead flower faces beats the rain; Low winds in the wet hollows sigh, "The sweetest things the soonest die." Through utter darkness and chartless space the day god mounts to his bright place; The June winds down the wood path blows. The wild-brier answers with a rose.
Composition:
- Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The wild-brier", published 1909 [ SSAA chorus and piano ], Schmidt
Text Authorship:
- by John Vance Cheney (1848 - 1922), appears in The Time of Roses
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
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