Benjamin Britten - On a poet's lips I slept | Lyrics
On a poet's lips I slept Dreaming like a love-adept In the sound his breathing kept; Nor seeks nor finds he mortal blisses But feeds on the aëreal kisses Of shapes that
Benjamin Britten - A Cradle Song | Lyrics
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright Dreaming o'er the joys of night; Sleep, sleep, in thy sleep Little sorrows sit and weep Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can
Benjamin Britten - Fair and fair | Lyrics
Fair and fair, and twice so fair As fair as any may be; The fairest shepherd on our green A love for any lady Fair and fair, and twice so fair As fair as any may be;
Benjamin Britten - But That Night When on My Bed I Lay | Lyrics
But that night When on my bed I lay, I was most mov'd And felt most deeply in what world I was; With unextinguish'd taper I kept watch Reading at intervals; the fear gone
Benjamin Britten - Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 | Lyrics
Like a black swan as death came on Poured forth her song in perfect calm: And by ocean's margin this innocent virgin Constructed an organ to enlarge her prayer And notes
Benjamin Britten - O Waly Waly | Lyrics
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat and carry two And both shall row My love and I O, down in the meadows the
Benjamin Britten - Sweet Polly Oliver | Lyrics
As sweet Polly Oliver lay musing in bed A sudden strange fancy came into her head "Nor father nor mother shall make me false prove I'll 'list as a soldier, and follow my
Benjamin Britten - The Miller of Dee | Lyrics
There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee; He worked and sung from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he And this the burden of his song for ever used to be: "I
Benjamin Britten - The Nurse's Song | Lyrics
Lullaby baby Lullaby baby Thy nurse will tend thee as duly as may be Lullaby baby! Be still, my sweett sweeting, no longer do cry; Sing lullaby baby, lullaby baby
Benjamin Britten - A Highland Balou | Lyrics
Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald Picture o' the great Clanronald; Brawlie kens our wanton Chief Wha gat my young Highland thief Leeze me on thy bonie craigie An'