by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
The summer wind
Language: English
The bugling of the summer wind Is sweet upon the hill : I love to hear its eddies The heather-crannies fill. It plays upon the bracken A blithe fanfarronade : And thro' the moss-cups whistleth "The Fairy Raid." It leaps from birch to rowan, And laugheth long and loud, Then with a spring is vanished, And rideth on a cloud!
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "The summer wind", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The summer wind", op. 70 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set IV) no. 4 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
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Word count: 58