A song of Autumn (Gordon, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


"Where shall we go for our garlands glad
  At the falling of the year, 
 When the burnt-up banks are yellow and sad
  When the boughs are yellow and sere?

Where are the old ones that once we had,
  And where are the new ones near?
What shall we do for our garlands glad
  At the falling of the year?"

"Child! can I tell where the garlands go?
  Can I say where the lost leaves veer?
On the brown-burnt banks, when the wild winds blow,
  When they drift through the dead-wood drear?

Girl! When the garlands of next year glow
  You may gather again, my dear;
But I go where the last year's lost leaves go
  At the falling of the year."

Authorship

Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870)

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

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar

German

Set in German, a translation of Ed. Sachs GER

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar

English

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