O wild west wind, Op. 53, No. 3 - Elgar, Edward

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"Completed Rome, December, 1907"

⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SSAATTBB ¶ Language → English

Parts 8

Instruments A cappella

Pages 12

CPDL # 76272

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-10-12

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¶Lyrics / Text

O wild West Wind, make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

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