Songs from Sappho (Carman, set by E. MacMillan) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Softly the wind moves through the radiant morning,
And the warm sunlight sinks into the valley,
Filling the green earth with a quiet joyance,
Strength, and fulfilment

Even so, gentle strong and wise and happy,
Through the soul and substance of my being,
Comes the breath of thy great love to meward,
O, thou dear mortal.

Authorship

Bliss Carman (1861-1929)

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

Ernest Campbell MacMillan (1893-1973)

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