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by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope

The jungle flower
 (Sung text for setting by H. Burleigh)
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Language: English 
 ... 

Thou art one of the jungle flowers, strange and fierce and fair, 
Palest amber, perfect lines, and scented with champa flower. 
Lie back and frame thy face in the gloom of thy loosened hair; 
Sweet thou art and loved -- ay, loved -- for an hour.

But thought flies far, ah, far, to another breast, 
Whose whiteness breaks to the rose of a twin pink flower, 
Where wind the azure veins that my lips caressed 
When Fate was gentle to me for a too-brief hour.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "The jungle flower", stanzas 2-3 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs of Laurence Hope, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope, "The jungle flower"

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 117

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