Английская Википедия:A Song of Flight
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"A Song of Flight" is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1895, as his Op. 31, No. 2, with the words from a poem by Christina Rossetti.[1]
The song was first performed by the Irish baritone Harry Plunket Greene in St. James's Hall on 2 March 1900, together with After, Op. 31, No. 1.[1]
Lyrics
A SONG OF FLIGHT
- While we slumber and sleep
- The sun leaps up from the deep.
- Daylight born at the leap!
- Rapid, dominant, free,
- Athirst 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 the sea.
References
- Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) Шаблон:ISBN
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