Songs of the Seasons

Song Cycle by Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)

. Young Love in Spring
 (Sung text for setting by M. Bonds)
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Language: English 
When the March winds roar like a lion
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Set by Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972), 1955, first performed 1956 [ voice and piano ]
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. Poème d'automone

Language: English 
The autumn leaves
Are too heavy with color.
The slender trees
On the Vulcan Road
Are dressed in scarlet and gold
Like young courtesans
Waiting for their lovers.
But soon
The winter winds
Will strip their bodies bare
And then
The sharp, sleet-stung
Caresses of the cold
Will be their only
Love.

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Set by Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972) [ voice and piano ]

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. Summer storm

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2. Winter moon  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
How thin and sharp is the moon tonight!
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