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2. Longing
English source:
William Sharp
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing from the sea,
Each loneliest valley I would search till I should come to thee.
In the dew on the grass is your name, dear, i' the leaf on the tree -
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing from the sea.
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing far from me -
The grey silence, the grey waves, the grey wastes of the sea.
Each loneliest valley I would search till I should come to thee.
In the dew on the grass is your name, dear, i' the leaf on the tree -
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing from the sea.
O would I were the cool wind that's blowing far from me -
The grey silence, the grey waves, the grey wastes of the sea.
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.
