by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)
In April
Language: English
Spring-beauty is a gipsy Who travels by my road, And makes my April pasture The place of her abode. Dark Trillium in purple, Hepatica in gray, Spread mystery of their coming Through woodlands where they stray. The Windflowers that gather Along the orchard wall In welcome flutter toward me, Yet never speak at all. But after all the wilding, I only love the more The gold-hearted Daffies That crowd about my door.
Confirmed with Bliss Carman's Poems, Toronto: McClelland & Steward Ltd., 1929, pages 234-235
Text Authorship:
- by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929), "In April" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Mabel P. (Phoebe?) Cave-Browne-Cave (1881 - 1958), "[No Title]", 1922 [voice and piano], unpublished [text verified 1 time]
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