by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Underneath the growing grass
Language: English
Underneath the growing grass, Underneath the living flowers, Deeper than the sound of showers: There we shall not count the hours By the shadows as they pass. Youth and health will be but vain, Beauty reckoned of no worth: There a very little girth Can hold round what once the earth Seemed too narrow to contain.
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First published in Macmillan's Magazine, March 1863Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "The bourne" [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 Alice Macdonald (1837 - 1910), "The bourne", <<1866 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Underneath the growing grass", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Love in Spring-Time, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 56