by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860 - 1943)
I know a maiden like a flower
Language: English
I know a maiden like a flower, (Flower-sweet, dainty-sweet!) Sister to the wild rose And the wild marguerite. Petal-soft are the lips of her, (Flower-sweet, dainty-sweet!) And blue her eyes as the misty blue Where the dew and bluebells meet. Light her hands as the cherry blossom, (Flower-sweet, dainty-sweet!) And never so light the wind on the grass As the lightness of her feet.
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- by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860 - 1943), "Sister to the wild rose" [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 Cave-Browne-Cave (1881 - 1958), "I know a maiden" [voice and piano], unpublished [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-24
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