Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.
Two songs , opus 54
by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972)
1. Into my heart [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in A Shropshire Lad, no. 40, first published 1896
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dentro il mio cuore un vento che uccide", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Chimes [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Brief on a flying night, From the shaken tower, A flock of bells take flight, And go with the hour. Like birds from the cote to the gales, Abrupt -- oh, hark! -- A fleet of bells set sails, And go to the dark. Sudden the cold airs swing: Alone, aloud, A verse of bells takes wing And flies with the cloud.
Text Authorship:
- by Alice Christina Meynell (1847 - 1922), "Chimes", appears in Later Poems, first published 1902
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