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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English}}
{{Text|English}}
:When comes my Gwen,
:More glorious then
:The sun in heaven appeareth;
:And summer's self
:To meet this elf
:A smile more radiant weareth.
:When comes my love,
:The moon above
:Shines bright and ever brighter;
:And all the black
:And sullen wrack
:Grows in a moment lighter.
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:I had a dream last night
 
:Dream of a friend that is dead
:When comes my Queen,
:He came with dawn's first light
:The treetops green
:And stood beside my bed:
:Bow down to earth to greet her;
:And as he there did stand,
:And tempests high
:With gesture fine and fair,
:That rend the sky
:He passed a wan white hand
:Disperse, ashamed to meet her.
:Over my tumbled hair,
:When comes my sweet
:Saying: "No friendship dieth
:Her love to greet,
:With death of any day,
:My cares and sorrows vanish;
:No true friendship lieth
:For on her face
:Cold with lifeless clay.
:Rests heavenly grace,
:Which troubles all doth banish.
:When comes my dear,
:The darkness drear
:'Twixt God and me is riven;
:Her loving eyes
:Reveal the skies
:And point the way to heaven.
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:"Though our boyhood's playtime,
 
:Be gone with summer's breath,
:''<b>Lyrics: E. O. Jones </b>''
:No friendship fades with Maytime
:''<b>Based on a text in Welsh by Mynyddog (1833-1877) ''</b>
:No friendship dies with death."
:Then answer had I made
:But that the rapture deep
:Did hold me, half afraid
:To mar that rose of sleep
:So with closed eyes I lay,
:Lord of the vision fair;
:And when 'twas perfect day
:Only the day was there.
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:''<b>Lyrics: Julian Sturgis (1848-1904)</b>''
:''<b>published in 1895</b>''


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General Information

Title: When comes my Gwen
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Art Songs

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1903

Description: Number 1 of Parry's "English Lyrics" - Set 6.

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Original text and translations

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When comes my Gwen,
More glorious then
The sun in heaven appeareth;
And summer's self
To meet this elf
A smile more radiant weareth.
When comes my love,
The moon above
Shines bright and ever brighter;
And all the black
And sullen wrack
Grows in a moment lighter.


When comes my Queen,
The treetops green
Bow down to earth to greet her;
And tempests high
That rend the sky
Disperse, ashamed to meet her.
When comes my sweet
Her love to greet,
My cares and sorrows vanish;
For on her face
Rests heavenly grace,
Which troubles all doth banish.
When comes my dear,
The darkness drear
'Twixt God and me is riven;
Her loving eyes
Reveal the skies
And point the way to heaven.


Lyrics: E. O. Jones
Based on a text in Welsh by Mynyddog (1833-1877)


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