The crocus

Brave crocus, out of time and rash, 
You come when skies are all amort and chill ; 
Too soon to find how cruel hail can dash, 
And bitter winds can kill. 

You are like early loves, most sure, 
Which die so soon in this world's nipping air ; 
Your mission like to theirs, not to endure, 
But to make springtime fair.

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918), "The crocus", appears in A Flower Cycle, no. 1, first published 1892 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "The crocus", 1892 [voice and piano], from A Flower Cycle, no. 1. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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