The blue‑bell

In love she fell, 
My shy Bluebell,
With a strolling Bumble Bee;
He whispered low, 
"I love you so!
Sweet, give your heart to me!
I love but you, 
And I'll be true,
O give me your heart,
your heart, I pray!"
She bent her head,
"I will!" she said,
When lo! he flew away.

by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857-1945) , "The blue-bell"

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

by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944) , "The blue-bell", op. 31 (Three Flower Songs) no. 3.
by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) , "The blue-bell", op. 26 (From an old garden (six songs)) no. 5, published c1899.

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