If thou wouldst ease thine heart - Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings

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"This poem of Thomas Lovell Beddoes is from a dirge from the play, "Death's Jest Book". In the play it is sung over coffin containing the dead body of Wolfram, the play's Hero-Knight, who had been killed by the play's villainous Duke."

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Art songs

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → Solo Tenor

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range D1 – G6

♩ Tempo 100

◷ Duration ~1 min 53 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 47

Texture Homophonic

Parts 3

Instruments Piano

Pages 4

CPDL # 17068

Editor John Henry Fowler

Posted 2008-06-04

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

C#4 – E5

B2 – G6

D1 – E5

¶Lyrics / Text

If thou wouldst east thine heart Of love and all its smart, Then sleep, dear! Sleep ! And not a sorrow hang any tear on thine eyelashes; Lie still and deep sad soul, Until the seawave washes The rim of the sun tomorrow In Eastern sky. But wouldst thou cure thine heart Of love and all its smart, Then die, dear, die. 'Tis deeper, sweeter, Than on a rose bank to lie dreaming With tranced eye; And then alone, Amid the beaming Of Love's stars, thou'lt greet her in Eastern sky.