Songs

1. Little children of the wind

by Samuel Barber From Two poems of the wind

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Text

1. Little children of the wind
English source: William Sharp

I hear the little children of the wind
Crying solitary in lonely places:
I have not seen their faces
But I have seen the leaves eddying behind,
The little tremulous leaves of the wind.

William Sharp (1855 - 1905), pseud. Fiona Macleod

Composer

Samuel Barber

Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator.

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