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by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)
Translation by William Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)

Love let the wind cry
 (Sung text for setting by U. Smith)
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Language: English  after the English 
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Love let the wind cry 
On the dark mountain,
Bending the ash trees
And the tall hemlocks
With the great voice of 
Thunderous legions,
How I adore thee.

Let the hoarse torrent
In the blue canyon,
Murmuring mightily 
Out of the gray mist
Of primal chaos
Cease not proclaiming
How I adore thee.

Let the long rhythm
Of crunching rollers,
Breaking and bursting
On the white seaboard
Titan and tireless, 
Tell, while the world stands,
How I adore thee.

Love, let the clear call
Of the tree cricket,
Frailest of creatures,
Green as the young grass,
Mark with his trilling
Resonant bell-note,
How I adore thee.

 ... 

But, more than all sounds,
Surer, serener,
Fuller of passion
And exultation, 
Let the hushed whisper
In thine own heart say,
How I adore thee.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Undine Eliza Anna Smith (1904 - 1989), as Undine Smith Moore, "Love let the wind cry", stanzas 1-4,6

Text Authorship:

  • by William Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929), no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 31 [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) [text unavailable]
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Based on:

  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 42
Word count: 156

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