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by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod

O would I were the cool wind that's...
Language: English 
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing from the sea,
Each loneliest valley I would search till I should come to thee.
In the dew on the grass is your name, dear, i' the leaf on the tree -- 
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing from the sea.
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing far from me -- 
The grey silence, the grey waves, the grey wastes of the sea.

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "Longing", appears in From the Hills of Dream, first published 1901 [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Longing", published 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Longing", published 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Longing" [ voice and piano ], from Two Poems of the Wind, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Longing", 1907 [ voice and piano ], note: sometimes the text is erroneously attributed to Rückert  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1856 - 1943), "Longing", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henry Clough-Leighter (1874 - 1956), "Would I were the Cold Wind", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustave Ferrari (1872 - 1948), "Longing", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Longing", op. 74 (Six Sets of Five Songs Each for Voice and Pianoforte, Set III) no. 4 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Katharine Lucke (1875 - 1962), "Longing", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "Longing", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by E. Roy Thompson , "Longing", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 76

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