margaret ruthven lang - song of the lilac, op. 41 lyrics

above the wall that’s broken
and from the coppice thinned
so sacred and so sweet
the lilac in the wind!
and when by night the may wind blows
the lilac+blooms apart
the memory of his first love
is shaken on his heart

in tears it long was buried
and trances wrapt it round;
o how they wake it now
the fragrance and the sound!
for when by night the may wind blows
the lilac+blooms apart
the memory of his first love
is shaken on his heart