Is she not passing fair? (Costello, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Is she not passing fair,
   She whom I love so well?
 On earth, in sea, or air,
   Where may her equal dwell?
 Oh, tell me, ye who dare
   To brave her beauty's spell,
 Is she not passing fair,
   She whom I love so well?

 Whether she speak or sing,
   Be jocund or serene,
 Alike in ev'rything,
   Is she not beauty's queen?
 Then let the world declare,
   Let all who see her tell,
 That she is passing fair,
   She whom I love so well!

Authorship

Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870)

Based on

text

Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394-1465)

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

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.

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