Rest (Russell, set by P. Glanville-Hicks, W. Busch, F. Hart) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 On me to rest, my bird my bird,
 The swaying branches of my heart
 Are blown by every wind toward
 The home whereto their wings depart.

 Build not your nest, my bird on me
 I know no peace but ever sway,
 Oh lovely bird, be free be free
 On the wild music of the day.

 But sometimes, when your wings would rest
 And winds are laid on quiet eves
 Come, I will bear you, breast to breast
 And lap you close with loving leaves.

Authorship

George William Russell (1867-1935)

The Divine Vision and Other Poems

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

William Busch (1901-1945)

Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)

Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949)

Seven Sets of Seven Songs, Set III

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