When you are old (Charles West)
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- Editor: Charles West (submitted 2020-06-23). Score information: A4, 1 page, 29 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: I would appreciate notification by email (cghwest@yahoo.co.uk) of your intention to perform this work.
General Information
Title: When You Are Old
Composer: Charles West
Lyricist: William Butler Yatescreate page
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SA(A)TB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 2019
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Original text and translations
English text
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.