by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936)
Here's a flower for your grave
Language: English
Here's a flower for your grave, Little love of last year; Since I once was your slave, Here's a flower for your grave; Since I once used to rave In the praise of my dear, Here's a flower for your grave, Little love of last year.
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Confirmed with Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c., selected by Gleeson White, London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1887.
Authorship:
- by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936), no title [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 Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "Here's a flower for your grave" [ voice and piano ], from Three Triolets, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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