by James Thomson (1834 - 1882)
Invocation to Spring
Language: English
Come gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come, And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veiled in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend.
Authorship:
- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882), "Invocation to Spring" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901 - 1986), "Invocation to Spring", op. 17 (Two Songs) no. 2 (1926), published 1928 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 29