"ECHO AND MIRAGE"
"Mirage" is the second of the three songs "Echo and Mirage"
to poems by Christina Rossetti;
recorded by Nancy King, soprano,with the composer at the piano.
Below are: a picture of Christina Rossetti; the poem;
and the recording:
to poems by Christina Rossetti;
recorded by Nancy King, soprano,with the composer at the piano.
Below are: a picture of Christina Rossetti; the poem;
and the recording:
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Christina Rossetti
“Mirage" The hope I dreamed of was a dream, Was but a dream; and now I wake, Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old, For a dream's sake. I hang my harp upon a tree, A weeping willow in a lake; I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snapped For a dream's sake. Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For a dream's sake.” |