Gay Robin is seen no more

Gay Robin is seen no more: 
He is gone with the snow, 
For winter is o'er 
And Robin will go. 
In need he was fed, and now he is fled 
Away to his secret nest. 
No more will he stand 
Begging for crumbs, 
No longer he comes 
Beseeching our hand 
And showing his breast 
At window and door ; 
Gay Robin is seen no more. 

Blithe Robin is heard no more: 
He gave us his song 
When summer was o'er 
And winter was long : 
He sang for his bread and now he is fled 
Away to his secret nest. 
And there in the green 
Early and late 
Alone to his mate 
He pipeth unseen 
And swelleth his breast. 
For us it is o'er, 
Blithe Robin is heard no more.

by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) , no title, from The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, published 1890

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

by Mark Raphael , "Gay Robin is seen no more", published 1932. [SA chorus and piano (?)]
by John Ritchie , "Gay Robin is seen no more", 1948 [combined SATB choirs and two pianos], from Then Laugheth the Year, no. ?
by Brian Schlotel (1927-) , "Gay Robin is seen no more", published 1959. [madrigal for SATB chorus a cappella]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-29.

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