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by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot

Sweet Springtime
 (Sung text for setting by C. Stanford)
 See original
Language: English 
It was in the prime
Of the sweet Spring-time
  In the linnet's throat
  Trembled the love-note,
And the love-stirred air
Thrilled the blossoms there.
  Little shadows danced,
    Each a tiny elf,
  Happy in large light
    And the thinnest self. 

It was but a minute
  In a far-off Spring,
  But each gentle thing,
Sweetly-wooing linnet,
  Soft-thrilled hawthorn-tree,
    Happy shadowy elf,
    With the thinnest self,
  Live on still in me.
It was in the prime
Of the past Spring-time!

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Sweet Springtime", op. 1 no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Eight songs from "The Spanish Gypsy", no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot, appears in The Spanish Gypsy, first published 1868

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 79

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