by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
Maple leaves
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
October turned my maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers: Soon these will slip from out the twigs' weak hold, Like coins between a daying miser's fingers.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), appears in Flower and Thorn, first published 1876 [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Maple leaves", 1920, published c1930 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "枫叶", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 34