DAVID EDGAR WALTHER DEEP PASSIONATE NIGHT MUSIC
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​“Mirage" poem by Christina Rossetti; music by David Edgar Walther; recorded by Nancy King, soprano, with the composer. First time post. See poem below.
DavidEdgarWalther · Mirage (Rossetti): King/DEW
​“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.”
David Edgar Walther Copyright 2023
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