by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
A Song of Flight
Language: English
While we slumber and sleep The sun leaps up from the deep. Daylight born at the leap! Rapid, dominant, free, A thirst to bathe in the uttermost sea. While we linger at play, If the year would stand at May! Winds are up and away Over land, over sea, To their goal wherever their goal may be. It is time to arise To race for the promised prize. The sun flies, the wind flies. We are strong, we are free, And home lies beyond the stars and sea.
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) [author's text not yet checked 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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "A Song of Flight", op. 31 (Two Songs) no. 2, published 1900, first performed 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 15
Word count: 88