Two Songs

Song Cycle by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962)

1. Blind  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
God, Who gave the world its fairness, 
Swooning seas and ardent skies; 
Fashioned it with every rareness 
That could dazzle human eyes; 
God, Who gave me all of these, 
Help me do without them, please. 

Giver of the light and flowers, 
Running stream and forest tree, 
Help me through the heavy hours, 
When I think what others see. 
God, who took my sight away, 
Help me do without it, pray.

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2. The cost  [sung text not yet checked]

Subtitle: Song of a Great War

Language: English 
Take back the honour and the fame, 
  The victory we've won, 
Take all the credit from my name, 
If this can be undone --

Let him, my friend that used to be, 
  Somehow be given back to me. 
Don't mock me with the pride of it, 
  The glory of his death, 

I only know he sighed a bit --
  I felt him catch his breath. 
O God, if miracles can be, 
  May he be given back to me !

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