by Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977)
A winter lyric
Language: English
The winter winds were swift and stinging, The day was growing old and dark; And yet within the icy park Birds in the leafless trees were singing. Somehow the cold was not so clinging, And homing people stopped to stare At all the brave hearts clustered there— Birds in the leafless trees! And singing! Yes, Spring is sweet with new songs ringing, And Summer's pageant moves all men; But my heart leaps to Winter when Birds in the leafless trees are singing.
Confirmed with Louis Untermeyer, These Times, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1917, page 99.
Authorship
- by Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977), "A winter lyric", appears in These Times, New York, Henry Holt and Company, first published 1917 [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 Walter Henry Rothwell (1872 - 1927), "A winter lyric", published 1925. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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