Edward Elgar

Oh, soft was the song

Oh, soft was the song is a song with words by Gilbert Parker set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1910, as his Op. 59, No. 3. It is the second and last verse of a poem At Sea which

Lyrics#

OH, SOFT WAS THE SONG :Oh, soft was the song in my soul, and soft beyond thought were thy lips, ::And thou wert mine own, and Eden re-conquered was mine: :And the way that I go is the way of thy feet, and the breath that I breathe ::It hath being from thee, and life from the life that is thine.

Recordings#

Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has “Oh, soft was the song” performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).
Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)
The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Christopher Maltman (baritone) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999

References#

Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968)
Parker, Sir Gilbert, (1894) “Embers” Gutenberg Free Text

Composer: Edward Elgar