canasg choral music publishing - He wishes for the cloths of heaven

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He wishes for the cloths of heaven

words by W B Yeats (1865-1939)

set to music by Frances Cockburn
for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus performance time approx 2m 20s

Composer's note

A performance suggestion is to sing the piece through once to hums (bars 1 - 8) and aahs (bars 9 - 16) and then with the words, as written.

A recording by Rudsambee company of singers is available on their album bottled at source (RUBEECD003).

Music

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Words

He wishes for the cloths of heaven

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W B Yeats

The words of W B Yeats are set to music and reproduced by permission of A P Watt Limited on behalf of Michael B Yeats.

Price

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