Winter Roses

Song Cycle by Jake Heggie (b. 1961)

1. Prologue: Winter Roses
 (Sung text)

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Winter roses are saddest of all
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2. The wren

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3. The Robin  [sung text not yet checked]

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The robin is the one
That interrupts the morn
With hurried, few, express reports
When March is scarcely on.
  
The robin is the one
That overflows the noon
With her cherubic quantity,
An April but begun.
  
The robin is the one
That speechless from her nest
Submits that home and certainty
And sanctity are best.

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4. A hero

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5. Sleeping
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He slept on his hands
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6. To my Dad
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I hope you don't mind that I don't miss you
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7. Sweet Light
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After the winter, grieving and dull
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8. Epilogue: Late Fragment

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Total word count: 454