Música Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Año 1899
1. Sweet Day
Poema George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky.
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight;
For thou must die.
Sweet spring! full of seet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie,
My music shows ye have your closes,
And all must die.
Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like seasoned timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives.
2. The Willow Song
Poema William Shakespeare (de "Othello")
Tonalidad Mi menor*
Letra
The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,Sing all a green willow;
Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
Sing, willow, willow, willow:
The fresh streams ran by her, and murmur’d her moans;
Sing, willow, willow, willow;
Her salt tears fell from her, and soften’d the stones;
Sing, willow, willow, willow:
Sing all a green willow must be my garland.
3. O Mistress Mine
Poema William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Tonalidad Mib Mayor
Letra
O mistress mine! where are you roaming?
O! stay and hear; your true love’s coming,
That can sing both high and low.
Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man’s son doth know.
What is love? ‘t is not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What’s to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet-and-twenty,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.
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