by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Through the sunny garden Matches original text
Language: English
Through the sunny garden The humming bees are still; The fir climbs the heather, The heather climbs the hill. The low clouds have riven A little rift through. The hill climbs to heaven, Far away and blue.
Composition:
- Set to music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Through the sunny garden", op. 18 (Six songs) no. 5, published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Two September Songs, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, in Chillingham, no. 1, first published 1907
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 37