by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Brown (1830 - 1897)
Apple‑tree, apple‑tree
Language: English
Apple-tree, apple-tree, Cover me, cover me, Branches of the apple-tree ! While night's shadows drift and flee, Fall on me, fall on me, Blossoms of the apple-tree -- Pink-tipt snowflakes tenderly Gliding from the apple-tree !
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Text Authorship:
- by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Brown (1830 - 1897), no title, appears in The Manx Witch and Other Poems, in The Manx Witch, first published 1889 [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 Felix Harold White (1884 - 1945), "Apple-tree", published 1929 [SA chorus and piano], London : Oxford University Press [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 34