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by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Twist me a crown of wind‑flowers
Language: English 
Twist me a crown of wind-flowers;
  That I may fly away
To hear the singers at their song,
  And players at their play.

Put on your crown of wind-flowers:
  But whither would you go?
Beyond the surging of the sea
  And the storms that blow.

Alas! your crown of wind-flowers
  Can never make you fly:
I twist them in a crown to-day,
  And to-night they die. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [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 Basil Harwood (1859 - 1949), "Twist me a crown of wind-flowers", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Hüffer (1843 - 1889), "Wind-Flowers", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Seven songs, as Francis Hueffer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Twist me a crown of wind-flowers", published 1903 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Wind Flowers, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Hubert) Leslie Woodgate (1902 - 1961), "Wind-Flowers", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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