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Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid;
Fly away, fly away, breath;
I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
O prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
Did share it.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid;
Fly away, fly away, breath;
I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
O prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
Did share it.
No, not that....
What was all that about?!
Anyway, we're talking Vagabonds aren't we?
Not sure of the first one ....
UPDATE: but I think it's this...
a very abstruse first element: track 4 on the album 10000HX LEGEND by French electronic music duo AIR is called The Vagabond
The Vagabond King, 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml involving King Louis the Somethingth in disguise
RVW's The Vagabond from Songs of Travel to words by Robert Louis S
(This could have been the beginnings of a very sneaky L for Louis question.... )
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
It was RVW with Shakespeare, rather than Stevenson
What Wonders noW?
W-w-w-why thank you.
W-w-w-w-well then.
The aforementioned Ralph in nocturnal mood, Stanford in soulful mood and Holst in introductory mood. What W?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Whispers of Death ..words by Whitman set to music by RVW
Song of faith ....words by Whitman music Villiers Stanford
Whitman Overture by Holst
Ah! Yes! A double W 'twas, Walt Whitman is right!
The Holst Overture: correct
The RVW and CVS contributions are not however what is on the card... Nocturnal and Soulful... Care to have another go, to wrap up the perfect answer?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
On the Beach at night alone perhaps from Sea Symphony ?
and To the Soul ?
What happens next...do we skip gaily to Aardvark?
CVS's "To the Soul": correct
For the RVW I had "A clear Midnight" but it would be churlish not to give you it for that equally-pertinent suggestion!
In addition to the Holst "A Whitman Overture" previously given
Yes if you can't be doing with X, Y or Z, convention suggests you can proceed directly to A
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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