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Author: Arlo Bates (1850-1918)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

A Flower Cycle
Berries of the Brier
Told in the Gate

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics

A rose ('Twas a Jacqueminot rose)
G. Chadwick: The Jacqueminot rose

Ah, lupine, with silvery leaves (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The lupine

As in waves without number (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
Aubado (In the hush of the morn before the sun ) (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles)
G. Chadwick: Before the Dawn

Before the Dawn (In the hush of the morn before the sun ) (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles) - G. Chadwick
Brave crocus, out of time and rash (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The crocus

Dear love, when in thine arms (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
Gay in her red gown, trim and fine (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The columbine

I kiss the rosebud which you wore (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles)
G. Chadwick: Rose Guerdon

I said to the wind of the south (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
If you never have danced the Danza
G. Chadwick: The Danza

In grandmamma's garden in shining rows (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The foxglove

In mead where roses bloom (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
In the hush of the morn before the sun (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles)
G. Chadwick: Before the Dawn

Love's like a summer rose (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
Oh, let the night speak of me (Oh, let the night speak of me ) (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick
Oh, let the night speak of me (from Told in the Gate)
G. Chadwick: Oh, let the night speak of me

Over the plains where Persian hosts
G. Chadwick: The cyclamen

Rose Guerdon (I kiss the rosebud which you wore ) (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles) - G. Chadwick
Serenade (While stars above thee glow ) (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles) - G. Chadwick
Sings the nightingale to the rose (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
Sister fairest, why art thou sighing (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
Sweetheart, thy lips are touched with flame (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
The cardinal flower (When days are long and steeped in sun) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The columbine (Gay in her red gown, trim and fine) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The crocus (Brave crocus, out of time and rash) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The cyclamen (Over the plains where Persian hosts) - G. Chadwick
The Danza (If you never have danced the Danza) - G. Chadwick
The foxglove (In grandmamma's garden in shining rows) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The Jacqueminot rose ('Twas a Jacqueminot rose) - G. Chadwick
The jasmine (The soft, warm night wind flutters) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The lupine (Ah, lupine, with silvery leaves) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The meadow rue (The tall white rue stands like a ghost) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The purple aster (When the brown birds take flight and hot summer is over) (from A Flower Cycle)
The Rose Guerdon (I kiss the rosebud which you wore ) (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles)
G. Chadwick: Rose Guerdon

The rose leans over the pool (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
The soft, warm night wind flutters (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The jasmine

The tall white rue stands like a ghost (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The meadow rue

The trilliums ("Wake, robin! Wake, robin!" the trilliums call) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The water lily (Where the dark waters lave) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The wild briar (The wild-briar dabbles his finger-tips) (from A Flower Cycle) - G. Chadwick
The wild-briar dabbles his finger-tips (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The wild briar

'Twas a Jacqueminot rose
G. Chadwick: The Jacqueminot rose

"Wake, robin! Wake, robin!" the trilliums call (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The trilliums

Was I not thine (Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word ) (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick
Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word (from Told in the Gate)
G. Chadwick: Was I not thine
W. Fisher: When Allah spoke

Were I a prince Egyptian (from Told in the Gate) - G. Chadwick [x]
When Allah spoke (Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word ) (from Told in the Gate) - W. Fisher
When days are long and steeped in sun (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The cardinal flower

When the brown birds take flight and hot summer is over (from A Flower Cycle)
Where the dark waters lave (from A Flower Cycle)
G. Chadwick: The water lily

While stars above thee glow (from Berries of the Brier - A Lover's Canticles)
G. Chadwick: Serenade

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