Love and harmony combine

Love and harmony combine
And around our souls  intwine
While thy branches mix with mine,
And our roots together join.

Joys upon our branches sit,
Chirping loud, and singing sweet;
Like gentle streams beneath our feet
Innocence and virtue meet.

Thou the golden fruit dost bear,
I am clad in flowers fair;
Thy sweet boughs perfume the air,
And the turtle buildeth there

There she sits and feeds her young,
Sweet I hear her mournful song;
And thy lovely leaves among
There is love:  I hear his tongue

by William Blake (1757-1827)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Nigel Henry Butterley (1935-) , "Love and harmony combine", op. 2 no. 6 (1956), from Six Blake Songs, no. 6.
by John Mitchell (1941-) , "Love and harmony combine", op. 1 no. 2 (1964), rev. 1977, from Seven Songs from William Blake, no. 2.

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