Now fades the last long streak of snow

  Now fades the last long streak of snow,
    Now burgeons every maze of quick
    About the flowering squares, and thick
By ashen roots the violets blow.

Now rings the woodland loud and long,
    The distance takes a lovelier hue,
    And drown'd in yonder living blue
The lark becomes a sightless song.

Now dance the lights on lawn and lea,
    The flocks are whiter down the vale,
    And milkier every milky sail
On winding stream or distant sea;

Where now the seamew pipes, or dives
    In yonder greening gleam, and fly
    The happy birds, that change their sky
To build and brood; that live their lives

From land to land; and in my breast
    Spring wakens too; and my regret
    Becomes an April violet,
And buds and blossoms like the rest.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) , no title, 1849, from In Memoriam A. H. H. obiit MDCCCXXXIII, no. 115, published 1850

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

by Bainbridge Crist (1883-1969) , "Spring", published 1949. [SSA chorus and piano]
by Henry Ernest Geehl (1881-1957?) , "Now fades the snow", published 1921. [voice and piano]
by Philip Radcliffe , "Now fades the last long streak of snow", published 1956 [voice and piano], from Four songs, no. ?
by Mrs. E. G. Shapcote , "Now fades the last long streak of snow", published 1857 [voice and piano], from Eleven songs, no. ?

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