by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920)
Song of the lilac
Language: English
Above the wall that's broken, And from the coppice thinned, So sacred and so sweet The lilac in the wind! And when by night the May wind blows The lilac-blooms apart, The memory of his first love Is shaken on his heart. In tears it long was buried, And trances wrapt it round; O how they wake it now, The fragrance and the sound! For when by night the May wind blows The lilac-blooms apart, The memory of his first love Is shaken on his heart.
Authorship:
- by Louise Imogen Guiney (1861 - 1920) [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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Song of the lilac", op. 41. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 86