Mirage

"Mirage" is the second song in Richard Pearson Thomas's Twilight, which sets the poetry of Christina Rossetti.

Date: 2007Composer: Richard Pearson ThomasText: Christina RossettiSong Collection: Twilight

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Mirage
by Christina Rossetti

The hope I dreamed of was a dream,
Was but a dream; and now I wake,
Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,
For a dream’s sake.

I hang my harp upon a tree,
A weeping willow in a lake;
I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snapt
For a dream’s sake.

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;
My silent heart, lie still and break:
Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed
For a dream’s sake.

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Twilight

Composer(s): Richard Pearson Thomas

Voice Type: High

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