The Winter it is past, and the summer...

The Winter it is past, 
and the summer comes at last,
And the small birds, they sing on ev'ry tree;
Now ev'ry thing is glad,
while I am very sad,
Since my true love is parted from me.

The rose upon the brier,
by the waters running clear,
May have charms for the linnet or the bee;
Their little loves are blest,
and their little hearts at rest,
But my true love is parted from me.

by Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "The Winter", op. 92 no. 6 (1975), from A Birthday Hansel, no. 6.
by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910-1998) , "The Winter it is past" [voice and piano], from Five Burns Songs, no. 5.

by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839-1901) , "Der Winterwind entflieht", op. 41 (Zeiten und Stimmungen - Sieben Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 (1860), published 1875. [mezzo-soprano and piano]

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