The dream‑wind

When, like a sleeping child
Or a bird in the nest,
The day is gathered
To the earth's breast ...
Hush! ... 'tis the Dream-Wind,
Breathing peace,
Breathing rest,
Out of the Gardens of Sleep in the West.

Oh, come to me, wandering
Wind of the West!
Grey doves of slumber
Come hither to rest! ...
Hush! ... now the wings cease
Below the dim trees ...
And the White Rose of Rest
Breathes low in the Gardens of Sleep in the West.

by Fiona Macleod (1885-1905) [pseudonym] , "The dream-wind", from Poems, published 1912

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

by Hubert Bath (1883-1945) , "Dream-wind", published 1911 [SSAATBB], from Voices of the Air, no. ?
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949) , "The dream-wind", op. 71 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set V) no. 3 (1927). [voice and piano]

Date added to the website: 2008-08-18.

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