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Frederick Delius - I Was Not Sorrowful, I Could Not Weep

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I was not sorrowful, I could not weep
And all my memories were put to sleep

I watched the river grow more white and strange
All day till evening I watched it change

All day till evening I watched the rain
Beat wearily upon the window pane

I was not sorrowful, but only tired
Of everything that ever I desired

Her lips, her eyes, all day became to me
The shadow of a shadow utterly

All day mine hunger for her heart bеcame
Oblivion, until the evеning came

And left me sorrowful, inclined to weep
With all my memories that could not sleep
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Frederick Delius (1862-1934) came from a merchant family in England. His musical career began in 1884, when his family sent him to Florida to manage an orange plantation. Instead, he took inspiration from the African-American music he heard and embarked on a career that saw him spend most of his life in France. His music frequently takes on pastoral subjects, influenced by the techniques of Wagner, Grieg, and Debussy.
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