by Theodore Edward Hook (1788 - 1841)
Softly waft, ye southern breezes
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.
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Confirmed with Catch him who can! : a musical farce, in two acts by Theodore Edward Hook, C. and R. Baldwin, London, 1806, Page 17.
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 [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 James Hook (1746 - 1827), "Softly waft, ye southern breezes", published 1817, copyright © 1817 [ soprano and piano ], WM Dubois [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-07
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