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A Poison Tree Lyrics by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ten Blake Songs

1958

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow
And I water'd it in fears
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles
And it grew both day and night
Till it bore an apple bright
And my foe beheld it shine
And he knew that it was mine
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree
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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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"A Poison Tree" appears on "Ten Blake Songs" in 1958.

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