Sea Slumber Song

Sea-birds are asleep,

 The world forgets to weep,

 Sea murmurs her soft slumber-song

 On the shadowy sand

 Of this elfin land;

"I, the Mother mild,

 Hush thee, O my child,

 Forget the voices wild!

 Hush thee, O my child,

 Hush thee

 Isles in elfin light

 Dream, the rocks and caves,

 Lull’d by whispering waves,

 Veil their marbles

 Veil their marbles bright,

 Foam glimmers faintly white

 Upon the shelly sand

 Of this elfin land;

Sea-sound, like violins,

 To slumber woos and wins,

 I murmur my soft slumber-song,

 My slumber-song,

 Leave woes, and wails, and sins,

Ocean’s shadowy might

 Breathes good-night,

 Good-night…

 Leave woes, and wails, and sins,

 Good-night… Good-night…

 Good-night…

 Good-night…

 Good-night… Good-night…"

Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel

Elgar disait que sa mélodie allait nous emmener “là où les barrières de corail s'étendent".  

Juste envie de fermer les yeux et de sentir les embruns caresser mon front, bercé par la voix si belle de Janet Baker.