Gavotte (Newbolt, set by H. Howells) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Memories long in music sleeping,
 No more sleeping,
  No more dumb;
Delicate phantoms softly creeping
 Softly back from the old-world come.

Faintest odours around them straying,
 Suddenly straying
  In chambers dim;
Whispering silks in order swaying,
 Glimmering gems on shoulders slim:

Courage advancing strong and tender,
 Grace untender
  Fanning desire;
Suppliant conquest, proud surrender,
 Courtesy cold of hearts on fire -

Willowy billowy now they're bending,
 Low they're bending 
  Down-dropt eyes;
Stately measure and stately ending,
 Music sobbing, and a dream that dies.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938)

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983)

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