Sweet wind that blows
Language: English
Sweet wind that blows o'er sunny isles, The softness of the sea, Blow thou across these moving miles, News of my love to me. Ripples her hair like waves that sweep About this pleasant shore, Her eyes are bluer than the deep Round rocky Appledore. Her sweet breast shames the scatter'd spray, Soft kissed by early light, I dream she is the dawn of day That lifts me out of night.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Sweet wind that blows", op. 14 (Six songs) no. 5 (1885), published 1885? [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71