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"Mirage" sung by soprano, Nancy King to celebrate her birthday. Poem is by Christina Rossetti (below & right) & the music is by David Edgar Walther. Ms. King is accompanied by the composer.
“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.” |