Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1859
Lyrics
Make me no gaudy chaplet,
Weave it of simple flowers.
Seek them in lowly vallies,
After the gentle showers:
Bring me no darkened roses,
Gay in the sunshine glowing,
Bring me the pale moss rosebud,
Beneath the fresh leaves growing.
Bring not the proud eye’d blossom,
Darling of Eastern daughters,
Bring me the snowy lily,
Floating on silent waters:
Gems of the lowly valley,
Buds which the leaves are shading,
Lilies of peaceful waters,
Emblems be mine unfading.
Lilies of peaceful waters,
Emblems be mine, be mine!
Recommended Citation
Donizetti, Gaetano and Callcott, William H., "Make Me No Gaudy Chaplet" (1859). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 641.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/641
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Make Me No Gaudy Chaplet
By Gaetano Donizetti and William H. Callcott
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co (1859)
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