by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
Bring her again, O western wind
Language: English
Available translation(s): 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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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