Three Portraits, music by David Edgar Walther
poems by William Butler Yeast; Linda Anne Cecil; and Emily Dickinson:
poems by William Butler Yeast; Linda Anne Cecil; and Emily Dickinson:
1. Old Love: William Butler Yeats:
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When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; |
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; William Butler Yeats |
2. Young Love: poem by Linda Anne Cecil:
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The aetherial fury of the wild beast
Surging freedom from thought In a craze of nature's fire Emotion unstayed And furious muddy mane Flashing irrationally in combat |
And flames, water and power
Emerging from the depths And the Sounds of fury fade. (Peace) Linda Ann Cecil |
3. Secret Love: poem by Emily Dickinson:
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I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you—Nobody—Too? Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! they'd advertise—you know! |
How dreary—to be—Somebody!
How public—like a Frog-- To tell one's name—the livelong June-- To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickinson |