by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
It's a year almost that I have not seen...
Language: English
It's a year almost that I have not seen her: Oh, last summer green things were greener, Brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer. It's surely summer, for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Oh happy swallow whose mate will follow O'er height, o'er hollow! I'd be a swallow, To build this weather one nest together.
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First published in Scribner's Monthly, January 1873Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "A bird song" [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 Hermann Frederic Löhr (1872 - 1943), "It's a year almost", published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-29
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