by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Language: English
Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows. Blows! in the quiet close As in the roaring mart, By ways no mortal knows Love blows into the heart. The stars some cadence use, Forthright the river flows, In order fall the dews, Love blows as the wind blows. Blows! and what reckoning shows The courses of his chart? A spirit that comes and goes, Love blows into the heart.
Composition:
- Set to music by George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885 - 1916), no title, 1911-2 [ baritone and string quartet ], from Love blows as the wind blows, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888
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