Hear me, you hollyhocks; You dark delphiniums, hear! From now, from now, henceforth, I vow I'll hold no woman dear. What do we find in love? At best a pleasing pain. O, 'tis a snare and I do swear Never to love again. Others may play the fool And learn what passion brings, But I, set free, shall laugh to see Their honey-captured wings.
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Authorship:
- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), appears in Midsummer Madness, first published 1924 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The rejected lover", op. 51 (Four Songs From Musical Play "Midsummer Madness") no. 4 (1924), published 1924, first performed 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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