Spring fancies

Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing;

Where in the whitethorn
Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.

Full of fresh scents
Are the budding boughs
Arching high over
A cool green house:

Full of sweet scents,
And whispering air
Which sayeth softly:
"We spread no snare;

"Here dwell in safety,
Here dwell alone,
With a clear stream
And a mossy stone.

"Here the sun shineth
Most shadily;
Here is heard an echo
Of the far sea,
Though far off it be."

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , "Spring fancies"

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

by Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) , "Spring quiet", stanzas 1-4,6 [voice and piano], from Christina Songs, no. 1.
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) , "Gone were but the winter", op. 131 no. 3 (1952), published 1953 [voice and piano], from Three Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, no. 3.

Date added to the website: 2008-01-13.

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