by Nora Hopper (1871 - 1906)
The Spring is at the door
Language: English
The Spring is at the door: She bears a golden store, Her maund with yellow daffodils runneth o'er. Her rosy feet are bare, The wind is in her hair, And O her eyes are April eyes, very fair. After her footsteps follow The mullein and the mallow; She scatters golden powder on the sallow. She brings the crocus white, And golden aconite: She brings desire and doubting and delight.
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Text Authorship:
- by Nora Hopper (1871 - 1906), "Spring song", from Songs of the morning, pp. 56-57, Grant Richards, London, first published 1900 [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 Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Spring is at the door", op. 18 (Six songs) no. 4 (1914), published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 69