by Clara Nurton
Oh! the flowers of springtime
Language: English
Oh the flowers of springtime The fairest of the year After the gloom of the Winter How glorious they appear The daffodils tall and golden Sway by the rippling brook While the modest little violet hides in her mossy nook The primrose covers the corpses With a carpet of amber hue In nestles beside the streamlet And clothes the wood anew The buttercups turn the meadows To a shimmer cloth of gold Whilst the humble little daisy Her petals doth unfold Of these flowers of springtime We would always like you there For after the gloom of Winter The fairer you appear But now you'll soon be fleeting. Summer flowers will bloom in your stead But we ne'er shall forget the beauty As you grew on your mossy bed.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Baines (1899 - 1922), "Oh! the flowers of springtime", op. 12b (Two songs) no. 1 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-17
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