by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)
Return
Language: English
Rust-red the bracken in the rain Against the wet grey boulder -- Slowly the cold mist sweeps again Over the mountain shoulder And the wind blows colder. Since last I saw the wind and rain Sweep down the mountain shoulder Some joy that will not come again Has left a heart grown older, And the wind blows colder.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Return", appears in Neighbours, 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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Return", op. 104 (Two Sets of Five Songs Each, Set II) no. 4 (1931) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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