The days are clear

The days are clear,
 Day after day,
When April's here,
 That leads to May,
And June
Must follow soon:
 Stay, June, stay! --
If only we could stop the moon
And June!

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 Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983) , "The days are clear", published 1925 [voice and piano], from Kikirikee

Date added to the website: 2009-01-02.

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