1968
Nothing Gold
Composed by 
Alva Henderson
Alva Henderson Text by 
Robert Frost
Robert Frost A Seasonal Songbook Song Collection
"Nothing Gold" sets a poem of Robert Frost. The song is part of Alva Henderson's A Seasonal Songbook.
For visitors interested in obtaining the score to this song, please contact alvahenderson@earthlink.net
Text
Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
The hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Audio
“Nothing Gold” (from “A Seasonal Songbook”)
Brian Leerhuber (baritone) & Daniel Lockert (piano)1:40