Marian (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #16570:  Icon_pdf.gif   Icon_snd.gif  Sibelius4
Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-4-10).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 63 kbytes       Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 63 KB, MIDI: 11 KB, Sib4: 41 KB.

General Information

Title: Marian
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: George Meredith - (1828-1909)

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Solo Tenor
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1907

Description: Number 3 of C. H. H. Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 8. Lyrics by Lyrics by the poet George Meredith - (1828 - 1909).

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Original text and translations

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She can be as wise as we,
And wiser when she wishes;
She can knit with cunning wit,
And dress the homely dishes.


She can flourish staff or pen,
And deal a wound that lingers,
She can talk the talk of men,
And touch with thrilling fingers.


Match her ye across the sea,
Natures fond and fiery;
Ye who zest the turtle's nest
With the eagle's eyrie.


Soft and loving is her soul,
Swift and lofty soaring;
Mixing with its dove-like dole
Passionate adoring.


Such a she who'll match with me ?
In flying or persuing,
Subtle wiles are in her smiles
To set a world a wooing.


She is steadfast as a star
And yet the maddest maiden:
She can wage a gallant war,
And give the peace of Eden.


Lyrics: George Meredith - (1828 - 1909)