The morns are meeker than they were (Dickinson, set by (Allyson Brown Applebaum, Ernst Bacon, Robert F. Baksa, Henry Leland Clarke, Richard Layton Kent, Eduardo Marzo)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

The morns are meeker than they were

Language: English

Available translation(s): FRE GER GER ITA

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.

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Authorship

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, 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 Allyson Brown Applebaum (b. 1955), "The morns are meeker than they were", published 1975 [SA chorus and piano], from Songs from Emily [ sung text not verified ]
by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The morns are meeker", 1950-60 [voice and piano], from Songs from Emily Dickinson: Nature Time and Space - Volume 2 [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "The morns are meeker than they were", published 1978 [mezzo-soprano, piano], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 13. [ sung text not verified ]
by Henry Leland Clarke (1907 - 1992), "Autumn", 1979. [medium voice, piano] [ sung text not verified ]
by Richard Layton Kent (b. 1916), "The morns are meeker than they were", published 1966 [SSA chorus and piano], from Autumn songs, no. 1, New York: Lawson-Gould [ sung text not verified ]
by Eduardo Marzo (1852 - 1929), "Autumn" [ sung text not verified ]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44