NW3002
He wishes for the cloths of heaven
SATB
performance time approx 2m 20s
words by W B Yeats (1865-1939)
set to music by Frances Cockburn
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He wishes for the cloths of heaven
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A recording by Rudsambee company of singers is available on their album bottled at source (RUBEECD003).
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.
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