I dug and dug amongst the snow

I dug and dug amongst the snow,
	And thought the flowers would never grow;
I dug and dug amongst the sand,
	And still no green thing came to hand.

Melt, o snow! the warm winds blow
	To thaw the flowers and melt the snow;
But all the winds from every land
	Will rear no blossom from the sand.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , no title, from Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, published 1872

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Walter Galpin Alcock (1861-1947) , "I dug and dug amongst the snow", published 1916 [voice, piano], from Kookoorookoo and other songs
by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "Hope", 1918, published 1919 [medium voice, piano], from Mother and Child, no. 3.

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