Dry those fair, those crystal eyes

”Dry those fair, those crystal eyes” is a poem by Henry King (1591-1669) Bishop of Chichester, set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1899.

It was published in the Souvenir of the Charing Cross Hospital Bazaar, and its first performance was at the Royal Albert Hall on 21 June 1899.

Lyrics

DRY THOSE FAIR, THOSE CRYSTAL EYES

Dry those fair, those crystal eyes,
Which, like growing fountains, rise,
To drown their banks : grief’s sullen brooks
Would better flow in furrow’d looks ;
Thy lovely face was never meant
To be the shore of discontent.
Then clear those waterish stars again,
Which else portend a lasting rain ;
Lest the clouds which settle there,
Prolong my winter all the year,
And thy example others make
In love with sorrow for thy sake.

Recordings
gollark: I will do this to osmarkscalculator™ somehow. I was looking at monads for side effect control.
gollark: Repeatedly, I mean.
gollark: Maybe the many processes mmaping at once is causing something something lock contention?
gollark: Loading models onto my server's GPU is initially ridiculously slow, but if I load something then unload it and load something else it's fine.
gollark: I had a similar issue with GPU memory somehow.

References
  • Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) ISBN 0-521-37944-X
  • Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5

Dry those fair, those crystal eyes: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.