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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Vine, vine and eglantine
Language: English 
Vine, vine and eglantine,
Clasp her window, trail and twine!
Rose, rose and clematis,
Trail and twine and clasp and kiss,
Kiss, - kiss; and make her a bower
All of flowers.
And drop me a flower.

Vine, vine and eglantine,
Cannot a flower, - a flower be mine?
Rose, rose and clematis,
Drop me a flower, a flower to kiss,
Kiss, - kiss - and out of her bower
All of flowers, - a flower, - a flower
Drop, - a flower.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), appears in The Windows, or The Loves of the Wrens, no. 2, first published 1867, rev. 1871 [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 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, Sir (1891 - 1975), "At the window", c1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Luther Moffitt , "Vine and eglantine", published 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Drop me a flower", op. 175 (Six Songs) no. 2, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Douglas MacDonald Stewart (1892 - ?), "At the window", published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Sullivan, Sir (1842 - 1900), "At the window", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from The Window, or The Songs of the Wrens, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sidney Thomson , "At the window", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from The Window or the Song of the Wrens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Vine, vine and eglantine", 1896 [ SATB quartet and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Henry Walthew (1872 - 1951), "At the window", published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francis Cunningham Woods (1862 - 1929), "Vine, vine and eglantine", op. 1 (Six songs (Set 2)) no. ?, published 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 76

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