by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Heartsease in my garden bed
Language: English
Heartsease in my garden bed, With sweetwilliam white and red, Honeysuckle on my wall:-- Heartsease blossoms in my heart When sweet William comes to call, But it withers when we part, And the honey-trumpets fall.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 R. T. White , "Heartsease in my garden bed", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 35