When we two parted (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #17146:   Sibelius 4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2008-06-07).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 63 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: When We Two Parted
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), "When we two parted", from Poems, published 1816

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Tenor solo

Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1896

Description: Number 3 of Charles Hubert Hastings Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 4

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English text

When we two parted

In silence and tears,

Half broken-hearted

To sever for years,

Pale grew thy cheek and cold,

Colder thy kiss;

Truly that hour foretold

Sorrow to this.

The dew of the morning

Sunk chill on my brow --

It felt like the warning

Of what I feel now.

Thy vows are all broken,

And light is thy fame;

I hear thy name spoken,

And share in its shame.

They name thee before me,

A knell to mine ear;

A shudder comes o'er me --

Why wert thou so dear?

They know not I knew thee,

Who knew thee too well:--

Long, long shall I rue thee,

Too deeply to tell.

In secret we met --

In silence I grieve

That thy heart could forget,

Thy spirit deceive.

If I should meet thee

After long years,

How should I greet thee? --

With silence and tears.