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by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)

The wind's way
Language: English 
The winds of the world for a little season
  Blew us together heart to heart,
But now, alas! with the wind's unreason,
  The winds of the world must blow us apart.

And thou to the north, and I to the south,
  Must wander away into loveless lands,
With a last long anguish of mouth on mouth,
  And a last despair of dissevered hands.

O winds of the world that blew us together,
  Winds of the world that blow us apart,
Will it ever again be lovers' weather,
  Shall we ever again be heart to heart?

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947), "The wind's way", appears in The Junk Man and Other Poems, first published 1920 [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The wind's way", 1972 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 95

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