Autumn | There is a wind where the rose was

by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)

Autumn

Language: English

Our translations: CAT CHI FRE GER

There is a wind where the rose was;
Cold rain where sweet grass was;
And clouds like sheep
Stream o'er the steep
Grey skies where the lark was. 

Nought gold where your hair was;
Nought warm where your hand was;
But phantom, forlorn,
Beneath the thorn,
Your ghost where your face was. 

Sad winds where your voice was;
Tears, tears where my heart was;
And ever with me,
Child, ever with me,
Silence where hope was.

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Text Authorship:

by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Autumn", from Poems, first published 1906 [author's text not yet checked 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 Phyllis Batchelor (1915 - 1999), "Autumn", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Autumn", published 1969 [ medium voice and piano (originally set for voice and string quartet) ], from Tit for tat, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Autumn", 1983 [ medium voice and piano (or flute, oboe, vibraphone, violin, and violoncello) ], from Wing'd Hour, no. 5, New York, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "Autumn", 1924, published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by James W. Langley (b. 1927), "Autumn", published 1960 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robin Humphrey Milford (1903 - 1959), "Autumn", published 1959 [ soprano, SSA chorus, and string orchestra or piano ], from Days and Moments [sung text not yet checked]
by Zane Randall Stroope (b. 1953), "Autumn", published 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Love's waning seasons, no. 1, Colla Voce [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 76