When Mary thro' the garden went | When Mary thro' the garden went

by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)

When Mary thro' the garden went

Language: English

Our translations: GER

When Mary thro' the garden went,
  There was no sound of any bird,
And yet, because the night was spent,
  The little grasses lightly stirred,
  The flowers awoke, the lilies heard.

When Mary thro' the garden went,
  The dew lay still on flower and grass,
The waving palms above her sent
  Their fragrance out as she did pass.
  No light upon [the]¹ branches was.

When Mary thro' the garden went,
  Her eyes, for weeping long, were dim.
The grass beneath her footsteps bent,
  The solemn lilies, white and slim, 
  These also stood and wept for Him.

When Mary thro' the garden went,
  She sought, within the garden ground,
One for Whom her heart was rent, 
  One Who for her sake was bound,
  One Who sought and she was found.

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¹ Stanford: "their"

Text Authorship:

by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "When Mary thro' the garden went", appears in Poems, no. 70, first published 1907 [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 Percy Charles Judd (1892 - ?), "When Mary thro' the garden went", published 1925 [ SSA chorus or unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "When Mary thro' the garden went", op. 127 (Eight partsongs) no. 3, published 1912 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: Martin Stock

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