Soft, soft wind (Charles Villiers Stanford)

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• (Posted 2024-03-13)  CPDL #79507:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-13).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 482 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Soft, soft wind
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Lyricist: Charles Kingsley
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1892 Novello, Ewer and Co.
Description: Four Part-Songs, Op. 47, No. 1.

Original text and translations

English text

From The Water-Babies (1862)
THE SUMMER SEA

Soft, soft wind, from out the sweet south sliding,
Waft thy silver cloud-webs athwart the summer sea;
Their thin threads of mist on dewy fingers twining
Weave a veil of dappled gauze to shade my babe and me.
Deep, deep Love, within thy own abyss abiding,
Pour Thyself abroad, O Lord, on earth and air, and sea;
Worn weary hearts within Thy holy temple hiding,
Shield from sorrow, sin, and shame my helpless babe and me.