by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
I found to‑day out walking
Language: English
I found to-day out walking The flower my love loves best. What, when I stooped to pluck it, Could dare my hand arrest? Was it a snake lay curling About the root’s thick crown? Or did some hidden bramble Tear my hand reaching down? There was no snake uncurling, And no thorn wounded me; ’Twas my heart checked me, sighing She is beyond the sea.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Poems, first published 1873 [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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The heart's prevention", 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-17
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Word count: 65