by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
The earth loveth the spring
Language: English
The earth loveth the spring, Nor of her coming despaireth, Withheld by nightly sting, Snow, and icy fling, The snarl of the North : But nevertheless she prepareth And setteth in order her nurselings to bring them forth, The jewels of her delight, What shall be blue, what yellow or white, What softest above the rest, The primrose, that loveth best Woodland skirts and the copses shorn.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in Achilles in Scyros, 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 Paul N. Edmonds (b. 1873), "The earth loveth the spring", published 1928. [SSA chorus and piano] [text not verified]
- by Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875 - 1938), "The earth loveth the spring", published 1912 [soprano, alto, and SA chorus a cappella], from The Choruses from "Achilles in Scyros", no. 1, note: originally composed for strings and harp - not published [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 66