| 词条 | The Self Banished |
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It is also one of the first songs written by the English composer Edward Elgar. Composed in 1875, specifically for "soprano or tenor", it was unpublished until recently. LyricsBlow set stanzas 1 and 2. Elgar added a stanza of his own beginning "Absence". THE SELF-BANISHED It is not that I love you less Than when before your feet I lay: But to prevent the sad increase Of hopeless love, I keep away. In vain! (alas!) for ev'ry thing Which I have known belong to you,[2] Your form does to my fancy bring, And makes my old wounds bleed anew. Who in the Spring from the new Sun Already has a fever got, Too late begins those shafts to shun, Which Phoebus through his veins has shot. Too late he would the pain assuage, And to shadows thick he doth retire; About with him he bears the rage,[3] And in his tainted blood the fire. [{{sic|Absc|ence|hide=y}} is vain for ev'ry thing That I have known belong to you, Your form does to my fancy bring, And makes my old wounds bleed anew.]*[4] But vow'd I have, and never must Your banish'd servant trouble you; For if I break, you may distrust[5] The vow I made to love you, too. Recordings
References1. ^John Blow Amphion Angelicus, 1700, p.91 {{Edward Elgar}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Self Banished, The}}2. ^Note belong not belongs. It is the subjunctive of the verb. 3. ^Here Elgar substitutes "pain" for Waller's "rage" 4. ^This stanza was added by Elgar, with curious (mock-baroque?) spelling of "Absence" 5. ^Here Elgar puts "mistrust" for Waller's "distrust" 3 : Songs by Edward Elgar|1875 songs|1645 poems |
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