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by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951)

Come little winds
Language: English 
Wake up, you little Night Winds :
    Blow your best !
    We want you all -
Ha-ha! that's East and West,
    The North Wind too,
She always blows the strongest:
You all must draw your deepest breath and longest,
    With open mouth!

Now go and blow the Haystack out of bed!
Whistle her dreams of straw across the sky
And whirl her canvas skirts about her head -
    You can but try!
Go, sweep her to'ards the Cave, and break her trance:
Thick Mother of the Sprites -
    She must get in:
Even a Haystack's elephantine dance
    Is somewhere thin!
    Is somewhere thin!

Text Authorship:

  • by Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951) [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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Come little winds", op. 78 no. 5 (1915), first performed 1915 [baritone and piano], from The Starlight Express, no. 5. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 98

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