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Dream-love
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Dream-love by Percy Eastman Fletcher — Lyrics
Young Love lies sleeping
In Maytime of the year,
Among the lilies,
Lapped in the tender light:
White lambs come grazing,
White doves come building there:
And round about him
The Maybushes are white.
Soft moss the pillow
For oh, a softer cheek;
Broad leaves cast shadow
Upon the heavy eyes:
There winds and waters
Grow lulled and scarcely speak;
There twilight lingers
The longest in the skies.
Young Love lies dreaming
Till summer days are gone, —
Dreaming and drowsing
Away to perfect sleep:
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About Dream-love
This partsong for SATB voices sets an evocative English text describing a dream-like vision of young love in a pastoral setting. The imagery of May-time, lilies, white lambs, and doves creates a scene of gentle innocence and beauty. As the poem progresses, the dream deepens, leading to a 'poppied death' where 'twilight lingers the longest'. Fletcher's setting would capture the ethereal and ultimately melancholic mood of the words, making it suitable for a reflective concert programme, perhaps in late spring or early summer.
