Blake Song 3. The Lily: Susan Craft Larson, mezzo-soprano; pianist, Yelena Birayeva. Happy Birthday, Haig. Music by David Edgar Walther. The poem, by William Blake:
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. |