To a Wild Rose

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Composed by Edward MacDowell (1896), the first piece from Ten Woodland Sketches, Op. 51
Bell ringers: Lori Day, Evelynne Schwartz, Fernanda Van Atta & Burlyne Wilson
Performed for the Celebration of Life for Dallis Day Richardson
May 16, 2021

To a Wild Rose
Edward MacDowell

Come, oh, songs! come, oh, dreams!
Soft the gates of day close,
Sleep, my birds, sleep, streams!
Sleep, my wild rose!

Pool and bud, hill and deep,
You who wore my robes, sleep!
Droop, East! die, West!
Let my land rest.

Woods, I woke your boughs!
Hills, I woke your elf-throngs!
Land, all thy hopes and woes
Rang from me in songs!

Come, oh, songs! come, oh, dreams!
In our house is deep rest,
Through the pines gleams, gleams,
Bright the gold West,

There the flutes shall cry,
There the viols weep,
Laugh, my dreams, and sigh!
Sing, and vigil keep,
Awake, wild rose.