by Theodore Edward Hook (1788 - 1841)

Softly waft, ye southern breezes
 (Sung text for setting by J. Hook)
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Language: English 
Softly waft, ye southern breezes,
   Tidings of my true love here!
Tell, oh! tell me, why he tarries!
   Speak! and chase each growing fear.
Thus the Turtledove repining,
   Watchful for her tender mate,
Feels sensations past defining,
   Anxious till she hears his fate.

Composition:

    Set to music by James Hook (1746 - 1827), "Softly waft, ye southern breezes", published 1817, copyright © 1817 [ soprano and piano ], WM Dubois

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodore Edward Hook (1788 - 1841), "Song", London : printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin, New Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, first published 1806

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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 43