Awake / Sleep Serenade

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; 
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. 
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; 
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; 
I have drunk my wine with my milk: 
eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 

I sleep, but my heart waketh:

Submitted by Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] and Trevor Weston

Authorship

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Song of Songs of Solomon (Canticum Canticorum Salomonis); or Canticle of Canticles, Song of Songs 3:1-2 [ author's text not yet checked 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 Trevor Weston (b. 1967), "Awake / Sleep Serenade", 2002 [soprano and organ], from Love Senses, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]

Text added to the website: 2018-05-14.
Last modified: 2018-05-14 05:21:31
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