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"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:
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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.”
DavidEdgarWalther ยท Mirage (Rossetti): King/DEW
David Edgar Walther Copyright 2023
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