He hears the cry of the sedge

I wander by the edge 
Of this desolate lake 
Where wind cries in the sedge 
"Until the axle break 
That keeps the stars in their round, 
And hands hurl in the deep 
The banners of East and West. 
And the girdle of light is unbound, 
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep."

by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , "Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge", from The Wind among the reeds, published 1899

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

by Paul Schwartz (1907-) , "He hears the cry of the sedge", 1945 [voice and piano], from A Poet to His Beloved, no. ?
by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) [pseudonym] , "He hears the cry of the sedge", published 1924 [tenor solo, flute, English horn and string quartet], from The Curlew, no. 4.

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