by Francis Marion Crawford (1854 - 1909)
The garden of roses
Language: English
There is a garden of roses far away to the east, Where a maiden lies asleep; The roses have no thorns in that garden, And they grow softly about her And make a pillow for her fair head. A blustering wind came once and nearly waked her, But she was so beautiful that he fell deep in love; And he turned into the softest breeze That ever fanned a woman's cheek in summer, For fear lest he should trouble her sleep.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Marion Crawford (1854 - 1909), appears in Paul Patoff, first published 1887 [author's text not yet checked 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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The garden of roses", op. 15 (Five songs for soprano or tenor) no. 4 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 82