The Rainbow comes and goes

 The Rainbow comes and goes, 
      And lovely is the Rose, 
      The Moon doth with delight 
Look round her when the heavens are bare; 
      Waters on a starry night 
      Are beautiful and fair; 
   The sunshine is a glorious birth; 
   But yet I know, where'er I go, 
That there hath past away a glory from the earth.

by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) , from Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

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

by Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) , "The Rainbow comes and goes", op. 29 no. 2 [tenor, chorus, and orchestra], from Intimations of Immortality, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2005-12-31.

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