by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
The odour from the flower is gone
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
The odour from the flower is gone Which like thy kisses breathed on me; The colour from the flower is flown Which glowed of thee and only thee! A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form. It lies on my abandoned breast, And mocks [the]2 heart which yet is warm, With cold and silent rest. I weep, -- my tears revive it not! I sigh, -- it breathes no more on me; Its mute and uncomplaining lot Is such as mine should be.
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "On a faded violet", appears in The Literary Pocket-Book, first published 1821 [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 George John Bennett (1863 - 1930), "On a dead violet", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Twelve Songs Set to Poems of Shelley and Rossetti, no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith A. Bracken , "The faded violet", published 1877-8? [ duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "A dead violet", 1904, published 1982, first performed 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [1903-1904], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Deis (1883 - 1960), "On a faded violet", published 1914 [ low voice and piano ], from Eight Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ada Dexter , "On a faded violet", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Birmingham: Harrison [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Donato (b. 1909), "On a faded violet", 1971, first performed 1974 [ tenor or soprano and string quartet ], from Three Poems from Shelley [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "On a faded violet", op. 43 no. 2, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Three Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "A faded violet", published 1921 [ SATB chorus or SATB quartet a cappella ], London: Curwen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Ford , "On a faded violet", published 1885 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Cliffe Forrester (1860 - 1941), "Song, on a faded violet", published 1888 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur M. Fox , "The faded violet", published 1888 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Three Songs, London: Woolhouse [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Gledhill , "A faded flower", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Locksley Groton , "A faded violet", published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Boston: B. F. Wood [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clifford Higgin , "To a faded violet", published 1925 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elwyn Kent Hughes , "On a faded violet", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward James Loder (1813 - 1865), "The colour from the flower is flown", published 1845? [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George P. H. Loder , "The faded violet", published 1844 [ TTBB chorus and piano ], glee in the New York Glee Book [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], London: Augener [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1914 [ SSA chorus and piano ], London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helen Agnes MacWhirter , "The faded violet", published 1903 [ baritone and piano ], from Two Songs for Baritone, London: Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin McAlpin (1870 - 1942), "A faded violet", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Winnipeg: Whaley, Royce, & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Metcalfe , "On a faded violet", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, alsoi set in German (translation by Willy Kastner); London: Joseph Williams [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Borromeo Mills (1914 - 1982), "On a faded violet", published 1950 [ medium voice and piano ], New York: Composers Facsimile Editions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901), "On a faded violet", published 1867 [ voice and piano ], London: Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Hugo Pierson (1816 - 1873), "On a faded violet", published 1839-40 [ voice and piano ], from Characteristic Songs of Shelley [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Henry Thorne (1834 - 1916), "On a faded violet", published 1873 [ low alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emily Josephine Troup (d. 1912), "On a faded violet", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber, Pitt & Hatzfeld Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emily Josephine Troup (d. 1912), "On a faded violet", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber, Pitt & Hatzfeld Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by George Benjamin Arnold, Henri Herz.
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by George John Bennett.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Francesco Rocchi , no title ; composed by Ottorino Respighi.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Na svadlou fialku"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79