First, April, she with mellow showers

First, April, she with mellow showers
Opens the way for early flowers,
Then after her comes smiling May
In a more rich and sweet array,
Next enters June and brings us more
Gems than those two that went before,
Then (lastly,) July comes and she
More wealth brings in than all those three;
April! May! June! July!

by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

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

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "The succession of the four sweet months", 1950, from Five Flower Songs, no. 2.
by Ernst Křenek (1900-1991) , "The four sweet months" [madrigal], from Three Madrigals, no. 2.

DUT Dutch (Wijtse Rodenburg)
DUT Dutch (Pauline Kroger)

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