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from the online catalogue of compositions and arrangements by Paul Ayres

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for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano

Duration 2' 30"

Words by Gerald Manley Hopkins

Recordings

this work features on the Experience CD (sung by soprano) - click for details
and also on the High CD (sung by tenor) - click for details

Text

In your strings is hid a music that no hand ever let fall,
In your soul is hid a pleasure that you have not known at all;
Pleasure subtle as your spirit, strange and tender as your frame,
Fiercer than the pain that folds you, softer than your sorrow’s name.
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By God, I will not fear,
I will learn you, I will play you, and the stars stand still to hear.

Categories vocal - solo voice with piano