Bitter for sweet

Summer is gone with all its roses,
  Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
  Its warm air and refreshing showers:
    And even Autumn closes.

Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
  And winter comes which is yet colder;
  Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder
    And the last buds cease blowing.

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) , "Bitter for sweet", from Goblin Market and other Poems, published 1862

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

by John Chorbajian (1936-) , "Bitter for sweet", published 1970. [mixed chorus a cappella]
by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) , "Summer is gone", published 1911. [SATB chorus a cappella]

GER German [singable] (Bertram Kottmann)

Date added to the website: 2008-07-17.

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