by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)
There is a medlar tree
Language: English
There is a medlar tree Growing in front of my lover's house, And there all day The wind makes a pleasant sound. And when the evening comes, We sit there together in the dusk, And watch the stars Appear in the quiet blue.
Text Authorship:
- by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) [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 John Burge (b. 1961), "There is a medlar tree", 1983. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43