The Windflower
Music: Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet (1859–1935) · Words: Harold Boulton (1859–1935)
Ere buds and blades are springing,
Or swallows northward winging,
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The words
Ere buds and blades are springing,
Or swallows northward winging,
The white windflower appears.
In many an upland valley And frostbound
woodland alley Her starlike head she rears,
Her starlike head she rears.
The cold east wind hath kissed her,
The snowflakes call her “sister”,
And nestle at her side.
So meek she lives and lowly, So fragile pure
and holy, The spring’s unsullied bride The
spring’s unsullied bride.
But, when the hot sun showers His strength on
summer flowers, Her short sweet life is done.
So we one day discover Our life’s first bloom
is over, Our Love’s first promise gone,
Our Love’s first promise gone.
About this song
- Music
- Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet (1859–1935) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Harold Boulton (1859–1935) (dates as IMSLP states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1891, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:46
- Its source files it as
- 12 New Songs
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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