by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Come, gentle spring
Language: English
Come, gentle spring! Etherial mildness, come And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, While Music wakes around, veil'd in a show'r Of shadowing roses on our plains descend And see, where surly Winter passes off Far to the North and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey and quit the howling hill, The shatter'd forest and the ravag'd Vale, While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch The Mountains lift their green heads to the Sky. Be Gracious, Heav'n; ye fost'ring Breezes, blow, Ye soft'ning dews, ye tender show'rs, descend, And temper all, thou world reviving Sun Into the perfect year, while in the rosy Vale Love breaths his infant sighs from Anguish free And full replete with Bless save the sweet pain, That inly thrilling but exalts it more.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 John Wall Callcott (1766 - 1821), "Come, gentle spring" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 131