by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
O hemlock‑tree! O hemlock‑tree! how...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O hemlock-tree! O hemlock-tree! how faithful are thy branches! Green not alone in summer time, But in the winter's frost and rime! O hemlock-tree! O hemlock-tree! how faithful are thy branches! O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! To love me in prosperity, And leave me in adversity! O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom! The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! So long as summer laughs she sings, But in the autumn spreads her wings! The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example! The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood! It flows so long as falls the rain, In drought its springs soon dry again. The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The hemlock tree", from Poems, first published 1845 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "O hemlock tree", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], London : Reid Bros. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond H. Baldwin , "The hemlock tree", published 1912 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Annette Baumer , "Oh maiden fair" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Liptrot Hatton (1809 - 1886), "The hemlock tree" [ partsong for ATTB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by B. A. Whaples , "The hemlock tree", published 1864 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 132