by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot
Spring comes hither
Language: English
Spring comes hither Buds the rose; Roses wither, Sweet spring goes. Ojalà, would she carry me! Summer soars -- Wide-winged day [White light pours, Flies away]1. Ojalà, would he carry me! Soft winds blow Westward borne, Onward go [Towards]2 the morn. Ojalà, would they carry me! Sweet birds sing O'er the graves, Then take wing O'er the waves. Ojalà, would they carry me!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Lang: "Onward pours/ To the day"
2 Lang: "toward"
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot, no title, appears in The Spanish Gypsy, first published 1868 [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 Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Ojalà, would she carry me?" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Ojala from the "Spanish Gyspy"", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Spring comes hither", op. 1 no. 4, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Eight songs from "The Spanish Gypsy", no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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