These are the Sorrows; and they are three in number, as the Graces are three, who dress man's life with beauty; the Parcæ are three, who weave the dark arras of man's life in their mysterious loom, always with colours sad in part, sometimes angry with tragic crimson and black; the Furies are three, who visit with retribution called from the other side of the grave offences that walk upon this; and once even the Muses were but three, who fit the harp, the trumpet, or the lute, to the great burdens of man's impassioned creations. These are the Sorrows, all three of whom I know.
Two Songs
by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936)
1. Levana [sung text not yet checked]
Subtitle: Rhapsody
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas de Quincey (1785 - 1859), no title, from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Song from The Cenci [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Come, I will sing you some low, sleepy tune, Not cheerful, nor yet sad; some dull old thing, Some outworn and unused monotony, Such as our country gossips sing and spin, Till they almost forget they live: lie down! So, that will do. Have I forgot the words? Faith! They are sadder than I thought they were.
Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), no title, appears in The Cenci, Act V, Scene 3
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 163