The Inkbottle - Stanford, Charles Villiers

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"Eight Part-Songs, Op. 119, No. 5"

⌛ Period → Late Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 80654

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2024-05-15

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

THE CONTENTS OF AN INKBOTTLE Well of blackness, all defiling, Full of flattery and reviling, Ah, what mischief hast thou wrought Out of what was airy thought, What beginnings and what ends, Making and dividing friends! Colours of the rainbow lie In thy tint of ebony; Many a fancy have I found Bright upon that sombre ground; Cupid plays along the edge, Skimming o’er it like a midge; Niobe in turn appears, Thinning it with crystal tears. False abuse and falser praise, Falsest lays and roundelays! One thing, one alone, I think, Never yet was found in ink;— Truth lies not, the truth to tell, At the bottom of this well!