by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)
The bees' song
Language: English
Thousandz of thornz there be On the Rozez where gozez The Zebra of Zee: Sleek, striped, and hairy, The steed of the Fairy Princess of Zee. Heavy with blossomz be The Rozez that growzez In the thickets of Zee. Where grazez the Zebra, Marked Abracadeeebra, Of the Princess of Zee. And he nozez that poziez Of the Rozez that grozez So luvez'm and free, With an eye, dark and wary, In search of a Fairy, Whose Rozez he knowzez Were not honeyed for he, But to breathe a sweet incense To solace the Princess Of far-away Zee.
Authorship
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The bees' song", appears in Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes, in 8. Songs, no. 3, first published 1913 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The bees' song", published 1938. [SSA chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by R. G. H. Greene , "The bees' song", published <<1940, from Three Songs [text not verified]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "The bees' song", published 1927. [medium voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by J. Frederick Keel (1871 - 1954), "The bees' song", published 1924. [text not verified]
- by Samuel Liddle (1864? - 1951), "The bees' song", published 1923 [voice and piano], from Three Songs [text not verified]
- by Anthony Francis Dominic Milner (b. 1925), "The bees' song", published 1959 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Peacock Pie [text not verified]
- by George Norman Peterkin (1886 - 1982), "The bees' song", published 1940. [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano] [text not verified]
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Text added to the website: 2008-01-13 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:34
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