by (Julia) Augusta Webster née Davies (1837 - 1894), as Cecil Home
Light, wandering, murmuring wind
Language: English
Light, wandering, murmuring wind, Setting the silvered leaves astir, Leaving her southern home behind, Whisper of her. White, moonlit clouds that through the sky Like vague prophetic shadows err, Shape in your mystic tracery Shadows of her. Still, star-set, night, so calm and deep, Watching the silent earth, that seems Lost in the languor of kind sleep, Frame her in dreams.
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Authorship:
- by (Julia) Augusta Webster née Davies (1837 - 1894), as Cecil Home, "Song", appears in Blanche Lisle and Other Poems, Cambridge: MacMillan & Co., first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Hugh Dalrymple Prendergast (1833 - 1910), "Light, wandering, murmuring wind.", published 1895 [voice and piano], London [text not verified]
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