by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Summer is gone with all its roses
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
Summer is gone with all its roses, Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers, Its warm air and refreshing showers: And even Autumn closes. Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going, And winter comes which is yet colder; Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder And the last buds cease blowing.
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Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Bitter for sweet", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Chorbajian (b. 1936), "Bitter for sweet", published 1970 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Summer is gone", published 1911 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Hugill , "Bitter for sweet" [ mezzo-soprano, viola, piano ], from Quickening, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße weicht Bitternis", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 49