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The Night Wind

from Dark Waters, Distant Shores by Greystring

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Performed by Yelena, bitzone and Roger Berkowitz

Image: Dryads by Mstislav Dobuzhinski, 1941

Adapted from Poem by Emily Bronte

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The Night-Wind

In summer's mellow midnight,
A cloudless moon shone through
Our open parlour window,
And rose-trees wet with dew.

I sat in silent musing,
The soft wind waved my hair;
It told me Heaven was glorious,
And sleeping Earth was fair.

I needed not its breathing
To bring such thoughts to me,
But still it whispered lowly,
"How dark the woods will be!

"The thick leaves in my murmur
Are rustling like a dream,
And all their myriad voices
Instinct with spirit seem."

I said, "Go, gentle singer,
Thy wooing voice is kind:
But do not think its music
Has power to reach my mind.

"Play with the scented flower,
The young tree's supple bough,
And leave my human feelings
In their own course to flow."

The wanderer would not leave me;
Its kiss grew warmer still -
"O come," it sighed so sweetly,
"I'll win thee 'gainst thy will.

"Have we not been from childhood friends?
Have I not loved thee long?
As long as thou hast loved the night,
Whose silence wakes my song.

"And when thy heart is laid at rest
Beneath the church-yard stone
I shall have time enough to mourn
And thou to be alone."

credits

from Dark Waters, Distant Shores, released May 19, 2015
Yelena (guitars and vocals)

soundcloud.com/bitzone (bass, mellotron, percussion, atmospheres & mix)

soundcloud.com/unearth-noise (guitar-sitar)

Remixed and remastered by soundcloud.com/bitzone in March, 2015

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Greystring Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania

Music by Greystring is arrangements for nylon and acoustic guitars, voice and other instruments.
It includes original songs as well as favorite covers.
All songs feature brilliant percussionist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Germany bitzone and amazing guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Roger Berkowitz (aka Unearth Noise) ... more

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