Weary wind of the west (Edward Elgar)

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CPDL #25489:    Sibelius 6 

Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2012-01-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: In bars 81 to 85 the 1st and 2nd alto lines are swapped.

General Information

Title: Weary Wind of the West
Composer: Edward Elgar
Lyricist: Thomas Edward Brown

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1903

Description: Published by Novello as part-song number 901

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Original text and translations

English text <poem> WEARY wind of the West Over the billowy sea — Come to my heart, and rest ! Ah, rest with me! Come from the distance dim Bearing the sun's last sigh ; I hear thee sobbing for him Through all the sky."

So the wind came, Purpling the middle sea, Crisping the ripples of flame — Came unto me; Came with a rush to the shore, Came with a bound to the hill, Fell, and died at my feet— Then all was still.