Spring comes hither (Evans, set by C. Stanford) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Spring comes hither
  Buds the rose;
Roses wither,
  Sweet spring goes.
Ojalà, would she carry me!

Summer soars --
  Wide-winged day
White light pours,
  Flies away.
Ojalà, would he carry me!

Soft winds blow
  Westward borne,
Onward go
  Towards the morn.
Ojalà, would they carry me!

Sweet birds sing
  O'er the graves,
Then take wing
  O'er the waves.
Ojalà, would they carry me!

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880)

The Spanish Gypsy

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

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Eight songs from "The Spanish Gypsy"

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