A last song
Samuel Barber
Track 1 on Despite and Still, Op. 41
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A last song Lyrics
A last song, and a very last, and yet another
O, when can I give over?
Must I drive the pen until blood bursts from my nails
And my breath fails and I shake with fever
Or sit well wrapped in a many colored cloak
Where the moon shines new through Castle Crystal?
Shall I never hear her whisper softly:
“But this is truth written by you only
And for me only;
Therefor, love, have done?”
O, when can I give over?
Must I drive the pen until blood bursts from my nails
And my breath fails and I shake with fever
Or sit well wrapped in a many colored cloak
Where the moon shines new through Castle Crystal?
Shall I never hear her whisper softly:
“But this is truth written by you only
And for me only;
Therefor, love, have done?”
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