The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearl'd;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven --
All's right with the world!

Sometimes titled "Pippa's Song" in later editions.

Composition:

Set to music by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Pippa's song", from Six Songs for High Voice, no. 1

Text Authorship:

• by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in Pippa Passes

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Denise Ritter Bernardini) , "L'anno in primavera", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35