by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
With strawberries we filled a tray
Language: English
With strawberries we filled a tray, And then we drove away, away Along the links beside the sea, Where wave and wind were light and free, And August felt as fresh as May. And where the springy turf was gay With thyme and balm and many a spray Of wild roses, you tempted me With strawberries. A shadowy sail, silent and gray, Stole like a ghost across the bay; But none could hear me ask my fee, And none could know what came to be. Can sweethearts all their thirst allay With strawberries?
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Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "With strawberries", op. 18 no. 5 (1907), published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five rondels, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Sowerby (1895 - 1968), "With strawberries we filled a tray", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 94