The Sweetest Flower That Blows (1898)
- Music: Hawley, Charles Beach
- Words: Peterson, Frederic
- Categories: Art Song | Piano Music
Lyrics
The sweetest flower that blows
I give you as we part,
For you it is a rose,
For me it is my heart.
The fragrance it exhales,
Ah! if you only knew,
Which but in dying fails,
It is my love for you.
Comments
Hawley's most enduring song, still in print in some vocal collections. The piano solo version makes a pleasant and not-very-difficult solo piece.