"The Self Banished" is a poem written by Edmund Waller in about 1645, and is one of the first songs written by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was written in 1875, and specifically for "soprano or tenor". It is unpublished.
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Cvartetul vocal polyphonic consort bucure ti john blow the self banished retragere de bun voi
Lyrics
THE SELF BANISHED
It is not that I love you less But to prevent the sad increase In vain! (alas!) for ev'ry thing Your form does to my fancy bring, Who in the Spring from the new Sun Too late begins those shafts to shun, Too late he would the pain assuage, About with him he bears the pain, Abscence is vain for ev'ry thing Your form does to my fancy bring, But vow'd I have, and never must For if I break, you may mistrustRecordings
References
The Self Banished Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA