Submitted by Bailey Whiteman on June 27, 2010 - 9:44am.
I sang this at Dave and Lexi's wedding, setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams, poem by Ursula Vaughan Williams:
Sleep
Sleep, and I'll be still as another sleeper
holding you in my arms,
glad that you lie so near at last.
This sheltering midnight is our meeting place,
no passion or despair or hope divide me from your side.
I shall remember firelight on your sleeping face,
I shall remember shadows growing deeper
as the fire fell to ashes and the minutes passed.
..........
I also sang the following, by Charles Ives (his poem):
Nature's Way
When the distant evening bell calmly breathes its blessing;
When the moonlight to the trees speaks in words caressing;
When the stars with radiance gaze towards the sleeping flowers,
then does nature bare her soul, giving strength to ours.
.........
Missing you Dave. Grief overflowing for Lexi, Linnaea, Dave's family and many friends.
Remembering Dave
I sang this at Dave and Lexi's wedding, setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams, poem by Ursula Vaughan Williams:
Sleep
Sleep, and I'll be still as another sleeper
holding you in my arms,
glad that you lie so near at last.
This sheltering midnight is our meeting place,
no passion or despair or hope divide me from your side.
I shall remember firelight on your sleeping face,
I shall remember shadows growing deeper
as the fire fell to ashes and the minutes passed.
..........
I also sang the following, by Charles Ives (his poem):
Nature's Way
When the distant evening bell calmly breathes its blessing;
When the moonlight to the trees speaks in words caressing;
When the stars with radiance gaze towards the sleeping flowers,
then does nature bare her soul, giving strength to ours.
.........
Missing you Dave. Grief overflowing for Lexi, Linnaea, Dave's family and many friends.
Bailey