Marian (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry)

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CPDL #16570:       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.

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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 the poet George Meredith - (1828-1909). Originally composed for his wife, Mary, by the time it was published she had already left him, so Mary became "Marian" and wife became "maid" in the final edition, "Modern Love", published in 1862.

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Original text and translations

English text

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)