Elgar: Five Part-Songs from the Greek Anthology Op.45 - 3. After many a dusty mile
After many a dusty mile, Wanderer, linger here awhile; Stretch your limbs in this long grass; Through these pines a wind shall pass That shall cool you with its wing.
Grasshoppers shall shout and sing, While the shepherd on the hill, Near a fountain warbling still, Modulates, when noon is mute, Summer songs along his flute;
Underneath a spreading tree, None so easy-limbed as he, Sheltered from the dog-star's heat.
Rest; and then, on freshened feet, You shall pass the forest through. It is Pan that counsels you.