Weary wind of the west (Brown, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


"Weary wind of the west,
Over the billowy sea - 
Come to my heart, and rest!
Ah, rest with me!

"Come from the distance dim,
Bearing the sun's last sigh;
I hear thee sobbing for him
Thro' all the sky."

So the wind came,
Purpling the middle sea,
Crisping the ripples of flame -
Came unto me;

Came with a rush to the shore,
Came with a bound to the hill,
Fell and died at my feet,
Then all was still.

Authorship

T. E. (Thomas Edward) Brown (1830-1897)

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Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

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