Songs
Speak, music!
(1901)
Op. 41
Speak, music!
Speak, speak, music, and bring to meFancies too fleet for me,Sweetness too sweet for me,Wake, wake, voices, and sing to me,Sing to me tenderly; bid me rest.Rest, rest! ah, I am fain of it!Die, Hope! small was my gain of it!Song, song take thy parable,Whisper, whisper that all is well,Say, say that there tarriethSomething, something more true than death,Waiting to smile for me; bright and blest.Thrill, thrill, string: echo and play for meAll, all that the poet, the priest cannot say for me;Soar, voice, soar, heavenwards, and pray for me,Wondering, wandering; bid me rest.
Composer
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 25 Oct 2017: Across Borders: Ben Johnson & James Baillieu
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Speak, music!
Speak, speak, music, and bring to me
Fancies too fleet for me,
Sweetness too sweet for me,
Wake, wake, voices, and sing to me,
Sing to me tenderly; bid me rest.
Rest, rest! ah, I am fain of it!
Die, Hope! small was my gain of it!
Song, song take thy parable,
Whisper, whisper that all is well,
Say, say that there tarrieth
Something, something more true than death,
Waiting to smile for me; bright and blest.
Thrill, thrill, string: echo and play for me
All, all that the poet, the priest cannot say for me;
Soar, voice, soar, heavenwards, and pray for me,
Wondering, wandering; bid me rest.
Composer
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 25 Oct 2017: Across Borders: Ben Johnson & James Baillieu
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