by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Through the sunny garden
Language: English
Through the sunny garden The humming bees are still; The fir climbs the heather, The heather climbs the hill. The low clouds have riven A little rift through. The hill climbs to heaven, Far away and blue.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, in Chillingham, no. 1, first published 1907 [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 Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Through the sunny garden", op. 18 (Six songs) no. 5, published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Two September Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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