Younger Than Springtime it was sung by John Kerr miming to a vocal by Bill Lee. Hammerstein used repetition as a key aspect of the song repeating the words "am I" and "are you" when describing Cable and Liat: "softer than starlight", "gayer than laughter" and "younger than springtime". The song is written in F Major. Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat,
Eternal Springtime Eternal Springtime Eternal Springtime () is a c. 1884 sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, depicting a pair of lovers. It was created at the same time as "The Gates of Hell" and originally intended to be part of it. Rodin originally conceived of "Eternal Springtime" as part of "The Gates of Hell", one of the representations of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta, but did not include it there because the happiness expressed by the lovers did not seem appropriate to the theme. "The Kiss", another famous sculpture by the artist, shares the same origin, but unlike "The