26 Walisische Lieder: No. 19 “The Vale of Clwyd”, WoO 155/19

Catalogue title: 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155.

Scoring: 1-2 voice(s), violin, cello, piano (or harp).

Composed: 1810-15.

Individual item 19 from the corresponding collection, not the complete set....Read more

Catalogue title: 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155.

Scoring: 1-2 voice(s), violin, cello, piano (or harp).

Composed: 1810-15.

Individual item 19 from the corresponding collection, not the complete set.

Item in the set: The Vale of Clwyd. Andante lamentabile (G minor).

Sung text (original language):
Think not I’ll leave fair Clwyd’s vale;
To me ‘tis fondly dear!
For still its scenes those hours recall
When I was blest and Henry here.
Long, long, to part our willing hands
An angry father strove;
While sorrow prey’d on Henry’s health,
A sorrow nurs’d by hopeless love.
Nor was the idea in vain:
How sad thou art, he cried;
But smile again, my darling child;
For thou shalt be thy Henry’s bride.
At that glad sound, on wings of love,
To Henry’s cot I flew:
But, ah! The transient flush of joy
From his wan cheek too soon
withdrew.
Ah! Hopes too false; ah! Fears too
true,
Nor love nor joy could save:
I can no more, - but mark you turf
With flow’rs o’erspread, - ‘tis Henry’s
grave!

Amelia Alderson Opie

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