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by (Frederic) Herbert Trench (1865 - 1923)

Almond, wild almond
Language: English 
Almond, wild almond, 
Give counsel to me, 
And hush thy fierce lover 
The wind in the tree ! 

Along the night pasture 
I've come through the dew 
To tell thee, wild almond, 
The old songs are true ! 

Like the flower on thy branches 
The heart in me springs 
With airs and upliftings 
And hundreds of wings ! 

I, too, have a lover . . . 
Keep, keep it from them --
The wise ones that eye me --
Thou whispering stem ! 

I deal with him coldly --
I dash him with pride : 
Yet he comes of evenings 
And stands at my side. 

O had he entreated 
I could have said nay, 
But he, he says nothing 
And then goes away ! 

Ah, loves he for ever ? . . . 
And loves me alone? . . . 
These things that men say not 
How can they be known ? 

He may, but he may not,
And I would be free : --
Now play not, now sway not, 
Thou little black tree, 

Almond, wild almond, 
Give counsel to me !

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Frederic) Herbert Trench (1865 - 1923), "Almond, wild almond", appears in New Poems, 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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Wild almond (scherzo)", 1924, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "Almond, wild almond", op. 38 (Three Songs) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "Almond, wild almond", published 1909 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francis Brett Young (1884 - 1954), "Almond, wild almond", published <<1913 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-12-31
Line count: 34
Word count: 169

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