Pilgrim forget; in this dark tide Sinks the salt tear to peace at last; Here undeluding dreams abide, All sorrow past. Nods the wild ivy on her stem; The voiceless bird broods on the bough; The silence and the song of them Untroubled now. Free that poor captive's flutterings, That struggles in thy tired eyes, Solace its discontented wings, Quiet its cries! Knells now the dewdrop to its fall, The sad wind sleeps no more to rove; Rest, for my arms ambrosial Ache for thy love!
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), no title, appears in Henry Brocken, first published 1904 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Lorelei's Song", op. 88 no. 1 (1937) [ voice and piano ], from Henry Brocken Song Cycle, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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