In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Robert) Houston Bright (1916 - 1970), "Autumn fires", published 1967 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from From "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
- by T. A. Dorr , "Sing a song of seasons, something bright in all", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Song and Play for Children [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marian McLaughlin (b. 1923), "Autumn fires", published 1963 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marvin Radnor , "Autumn fires", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleta Rossiter , "Song of the seasons", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], in Song Primer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eleanor Smith , "Autumn fires", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Song Pictures [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbstfeuer", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
Aus den andern Gärten
talaufwärts, weithin,
seht im Herbst die Fahnen
der Gartenfeuer ziehn!
Sommers Duft und Blühen
sich zu Ende neigen,
rote Feuer glühen,
grauer Rauch am steigen.
Sei dies Lied gesungen!
Leuchtet es doch beiden:
Blumen sind’s im Sommer,
Feuer zu Herbstzeiten!
