Trees

by
their
yield

for

soprano
and
piano

Kevin
Free
 Trees
by
their
yield°
Are
known;
but
I—
My
sap
is
sealed,
My
root
is
dry.
If
life
within
I
none
can
shew
(Except
for
sin),
Nor
fruit
above,—
It
must
be
so—
I
do
not
love.

Will
no
one
show
I
argued
ill?
Because,
although
Self-sentenced,
still
I
keep
my
trust.
If
He
would
prove
And
search
me
through
Would
He
not
find
(What
yet
there
must
Be
hid
behind
.
.
.

G.
M.
Hopkins

 Trees
by
their
yield
G.
M.
Hopkins Kevin
Free

    
Sullen, and morose 
=
60


Soprano

                       
      


   
Piano

  
with
pedal

    
4


S.

 
                               
           

Pno

       
 

 
            
8


S.

   
       
trees by their yield are known but

            
        
   
  
Pno

  
4


       
11

S.


I


   

             
 

Pno

   

       
13

S.


my sap is sealed my

           
            
     
     

Pno

    
   

     
16

S.


root is dry

      
           

             
  
Pno

    


 5

anguished
     
19

S.


if

                       

         
            
     
Pno

  
     



          
22

S.


life with - in I


                            
      

Pno

   
   

 
pleading

   
       
25

S.


none can shew ex -


                             
 
 
  
sub.
      

 
Pno

 
   
6


         
28

S.


- cept for sin Nor

 
                       
 

   
Pno

  



  
         
32

S.


fruit a - - bove it must

                  
     
  
           

  
Pno

       
 

         
35

S.


be so I do not love

         
   

        
        

Pno

  
   
 
 7


searching
          
 
38

S.


will no one show


         
         

    
 
   
  
Pno

  
 

            
 
     
42

S.


I argued ill? be - - cause al - though

            



   
    
 
  
Pno

   



yearning
          
        
46

S.


I keep my trust if He would prove and search

    
             
 

     
        
Pno

        

8

         
50


S.

   
me through would he not find

   
Pno

spoken,
very
quiet,

 
and
with
care

          
53


S.

 
What yet there must Be hid be - hind

 
Pno