by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Bitter for sweet Matches original text
Language: English
Our translations: GER
Summer is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
And even Autumn closes.
Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder;
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder
And the last buds cease blowing.
Composition:
- Set to music by Robert Hugill , "Bitter for sweet" [ mezzo-soprano, viola, piano ], from Quickening, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Bitter for sweet", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße weicht Bitternis", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 49