by Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867 - 1902)
A voice on the winds
Language: English
A voice on the winds, A voice by the waters, Wanders and cries: Oh! what are the winds? And what are the waters? Mine are your eyes! Western the winds are, And western the waters, Where the light lies: Oh! what are the winds? And what are the waters? Mine are your eyes! Cold, cold grow the winds, And wild grow the waters, Where the sun dies: Oh! what are the winds? And what are the waters? Mine are your eyes! And down the night winds, And down the night waters, The music flies: Oh! what are the winds? And what are the waters? Cold be the winds, And wild be the waters, So mine be your eyes!
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Text Authorship:
- by Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867 - 1902), "To Morfydd", from The Second Book of the Rhymer's Club, first published 1894 [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 Robert Coningsby Clarke (1879 - 1934), "Mine are your eyes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Hilton Ryder (1875 - 1944), "A voice on the winds", published <<1940 [ voice and piano? ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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Word count: 118