by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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:
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 yet checked]
- 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 checked 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 yet checked]
- by Henry Leland Clarke (1907 - 1992), "Autumn", 1979 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 yet checked]
- by Eduardo Marzo (1852 - 1929), "Autumn" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbst", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44
Die Morgen werden gütiger
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Die Morgen werden gütiger,
Die Nüsse werden braun;
Der Beeren Wang' ist rundlicher,
Die Ros' nicht mehr zu schaun.
Der Ahorn trägt den bunten Schal,
Das Feld ein rotes Kleid.
Daß ich nicht aus der Mode komm,
Trag' ich ein Schmuckstück heut.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 42