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When roses cease to bloom, [dear]1, And violets are done, When bumble-bees in solemn flight Have passed beyond the sun, The hand that paused to gather Upon this summer's day Will idle lie, in Auburn, -- Then take my flower, pray!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
Note for stanza 2, line 3: "Auburn" refers to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1 Peros: "sir"Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1858, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 2. Love, no. 5, first published 1896 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "When roses cease to bloom", 1947, published 1947 [ soprano and alto, SSAA chorus, and piano ], from From Emily's Diary [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "When roses cease to bloom, dear", 2016 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "When roses cease to bloom, sir", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Upon this Summer's Day -- 8 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "When Roses Cease to Bloom", op. 391 no. 3 (2025), from Vier Lieder nach Emily Dickinson, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "When roses cease to bloom, sir" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Sisco , "When roses cease to bloom", 2007 [ soprano and piano ], from Love is..., no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
Quand les Roses cesseront de fleurir, Monsieur, Et les Violettes seront finies -- Quand les Bourdons en vol solennels Seront passés au-delà du Soleil -- La main qui s'est arrêtée pour les cueillir En ce jour d'Été Reposera inoccupée -- à Auburn Alors prenez mes fleurs - je vous en prie !
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Note : Auburn est un cimetière de Cambridge, MassachusettsText Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1858, appears in Poems: Third Series, in 2. Love, no. 5, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 47