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When comes my Gwen (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)
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General Information
Title: When comes my Gwen
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: Mynyddogcreate page (1833-1877), translated by E. O. Jones
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1903
Description: Number 1 of Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 6. Composed as a Christmas present for Plunket Greene, opon his wedding to Parry's youngest dughter, Gwen.
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Original text and translations
English text
When comes my Gwen,
More glorious then
The sun in heaven appeareth;
And summer's self
To meet this elf
A smile more radiant weareth.
When comes my love,
The moon above
Shines bright and ever brighter;
And all the black
And sullen wrack
Grows in a moment lighter.
When comes my Queen,
The treetops green
Bow down to earth to greet her;
And tempests high
That rend the sky
Disperse, ashamed to meet her.
When comes my sweet
Her love to greet,
My cares and sorrows vanish;
For on her face
Rests heavenly grace,
Which troubles all doth banish.
When comes my dear,
The darkness drear
'Twixt God and me is riven;
Her loving eyes
Reveal the skies
And point the way to heaven.
