by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Wanton with long delay the gay Spring...
Language: English
Wanton with long delay the gay Spring leaping comet; The blackthorn starreth now his bough on the eve of May: All day in the sweet box -- tree the bee for pleasure hummeth: The cuckoo sends afloat his note on the air all day. Now dewy nights again and rain in gentle shower At root of tree and flower have quenched the winter's drouth: On high the hot sun smiles ,and banks of cloud up-tower In bulging heads that crowd for miles the dazzling south.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), "April, 1885", appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [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 Frederick M. May (1911 - 1985), "April" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Robin Humphrey Milford (1903 - 1959), "April, 1885", published 1946 [satb chorus a cappella], from Autumn and Spring [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 84