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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. 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.〔 ==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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Song of Flight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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