There is but one May in the year (Rossetti, set by (John Ireland)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

There is but one May in the year

Language: English

Available translation(s): DUT

There is but one May in the year,
And sometimes May is wet and cold;
There is but one May in the year
before the year grows old.

Yet though it be the chilliest May
With least of sun and most of show'rs,
Its wind and dew, its night and day,
Bring up the flow'rs.

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Authorship

by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1892 [author's text not yet checked 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 John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "May flowers", published 1919 [duet for soprano and alto with piano (or 2-part chorus of treble voices and piano)], from Eight songs for upper voices and piano, no. 8. [
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Researcher for this text: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 55