The succession of the four sweet months | First, April, she with mellow showers

First, April, she with mellow showers

Language: English

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT FRE GER

First, April, she with mellow showers
Opens the way for early flowers,
Then after her comes smiling May
In a more rich and sweet array,
Next enters June and brings us more
Gems than those two that went before,
Then (lastly,) July comes and she
More wealth brings in than all those three;
April! May! June! July!

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "The succession of the four sweet months", 1950, from Five Flower Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "The four sweet months" [ chorus ], from Three Madrigals, no. 2, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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