| Crass – Mother Earth Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I was at a concert last night, Andreas Scholl singing Purcell & Britten at Kings College chapel in Cambridge and I suddenly recognised some of the words Purcell set from my Crass listening! Here's the Purcell setting sung by Scholl on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6SJXxaYb129WnIpey2sZx5 (sadly the Crass track is not on Spotify for comparison). The poem is by the former Bishop of Lincoln, William Fuller (1608-1675). It reads ... Now that the sun has veil'd his Light, And bid the World good Night; To the soft Bed my Body I dispose, But where shall my Soul repose? Dear God, even in thy Arms, and can there be Any so sweet Security? Then to thy Rest, O my Soul, and singing, praise The Mercy that prolongs thy Days. Hallelujah. |
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