by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)
Wind of the East
Language: English
Wind of the East, Flow’r-footed breeze, O take my love to the budding trees! To the cypress take it, and take it too To the tender nurs’lings of meadows and leas. To the basil take it, messenger breeze, And I send it, my love, to you. So glad am I of the new found sun I believe I could kiss the tavern door; Why I could sweep the tavern floor With the lashes of my eyes. O April skies! The winter’s done, O April skies! The Spring’s begun, And honey humming, Summer’s coming close behind. O April skies! Even the tavern girl is kind.
Authorship:
- by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked 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 William Franke Harling (1887 - 1958), "Wind of the East", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from The Divan of Hafiz. Four Persian love lyrics, no. 3, Boston Music Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 104