Bring her again | Bring her again, O western wind

by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)

Bring her again, O western wind

Language: English

Our translations: CHI

Bring her again, O western wind,
Over the western sea:
Gentle and good and fair and kind,
Bring her again to me!

Not that her fancy holds me dear,
Not that a hope may be:
Only that I may know her near,
Wind of the western sea.

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Text Authorship:

by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), no title, appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "The western wind", op. 11 (Three Songs) no. 2 (<<1914) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Cecil Forsyth (1870 - 1941), "Bring her again, o western wind", published 1918, copyright © 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Western wind", op. 11 (Seven songs) no. 4 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Frank Seymour Hastings , "Bring her again to me", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph William George Hathaway (1872? - 1956), "Bring her again", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "Wind of the western sea", published 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Alexander Korbay (1846 - 1913), "Bring her again", <<1913 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Five Songs [sung text not yet checked]
by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "Over the western sea", published 1907 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Horatio William Parker (1863 - 1919), "Bring her again", published 1920 [ voice and piano ], in The Progressive Music Series [sung text not yet checked]
by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "Bring her again, o western wind", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Echoes [sung text not yet checked]
by Max R. Wald (1889 - 1954), "The western sea", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Bring her again to me", published <<1929 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-08
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Word count: 47