by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Wild roses
Language: English
Against the dim hot summer blue
Yon wave of white wild-roses lies,
Watching with listless golden eyes
The green leaves shutting out their view,
The tiny leaves whose motions bright
Are like small wings of emerald light:
White butterflies like snow-flakes fall
And brown bees drone their honey-call.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Wild roses", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Wild roses", op. 67 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set I) no. 1 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 48