by Margery Georgina Agrell, née Hitchcock (1890 - 1967), as Georgina Mase
The birch tree
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
Green glimmering, Silver shimmering, Glancing, dancing, Into our woods and hills Birch came Down from the mountains. Blended of snow and flame, Of singing rills And leaping fountains, She fills Our land with delight. Sun and wind love her And at night O how bright Are the stars that hover Above her!
Text Authorship:
- by Margery Georgina Agrell, née Hitchcock (1890 - 1967), as Georgina Mase, first published 1927? [author's text not yet checked 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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The birch tree", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "白桦树", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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