by Amelia (Ann) Blandford Edwards (1831 - 1892)
The winds are all hush'd and the moon is...
Language: English
The winds are all hush'd and the moon is high, Like a queen on her silver throne. Tranquil and dusk the woodlands lie ; Scarcely a cloud sails over the sky ; None are awake save the stars and I— Sleepest thou still, mine own ? The song of the nightingale stirs the air, And the breath of the briar is blown. Come forth in thy beauty beyond compare ! I'll clasp thee close, and call thee fair ; And I'll kiss off the dew from thy golden hair— Sleepest thou still, mine own ?
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Confirmed with Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards, Ballads, London, Tinsley Brothers, 1865, p.17.
Text Authorship:
- by Amelia (Ann) Blandford Edwards (1831 - 1892), "The winds are all hush'd", appears in Ballads [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 Mary Clement (1861 - c1907), "Serenade", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Mary Clement.
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