by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
I fear'd the fury of my wind
Language: English
I fear'd the fury of my wind Would blight all blossoms fair and true; And my sun it shin'd and shin'd, And my wind it never blew. But a blossom fair or true Was not found on any tree; For all blossoms grew and grew Fruitless, false, tho' fair to see.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), written 1793, appears in Notebook [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 William Bolcom (b. 1938), "I fear'd the fury of my wind", 1966 [ chorus of alto and tenor or counter-tenor voices, alto flute, harp, piano, and viola ], from Morning and Evening Poems, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "I fear'd the fury of my wind", 1957, first performed 1959 [ tenor, horn, clarinet, and bassoon ], from Five Blake Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margo Lynn Greene (b. 1948), "I fear'd the fury of my wind ", 1972 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Five Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Barren blossom", op. 25 (Seven songs) no. 7 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Kiesewetter (b. 1945), "Songs of Experience", <<1979 [ voice, eight solo instruments, and large orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), "I fear'd the fury of my wind", 1965 [ tenor, bass, and 2 baritone soli, TTBB chorus, and piano ], from Blasphemies of Blake, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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