by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893 - 1944)
Now has the blue‑eyed Spring
Language: English
Now has the blue-eyed Spring Sped dancing through the plain. Girls weave a daisy chain; Boys race beside the sedge; Dust fills the blinding lane; May lies upon the hedge: All creatures love the spring! The clouds laugh on, and would Dance with us if they could; The larks ascend and shrill; A woodpecker fills the wood; Jays laugh crossing the hill: All creatures love the spring! The lithe cloud-shadows chase Over the whole earth's face, And where winds ruffling veer O'er wooded streams' dark ways Mad fish upscudding steer: All creatures love the spring! Into the dairy cool Run, girls, to drink thick cream! Race, boys, to where the stream Winds through a rumbling pool, And your bright bodies fling Into the foaming cool! For we'll enjoy our spring!
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893 - 1944), "A catch for spring", appears in A Faun's Holiday [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 Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "Blue-eyed spring", R. 63 (1931), published 1932 [male solo voice or semi-chorus with mixed chorus], Curwen [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-31
Line count: 26
Word count: 130