Dear Other, Thank you for sharing this poem with us. We may age but some themes and the lute songs that capture them are ageless and timeless. Please see below to bring this thread back to the topic of lutes.
Best regards, Marion *********Mezzosoprano********** Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; ++The beautiful lute song that relates to old age is "Movesi'l vecchiarel" sonetto #16 by M. Petrarca and music by B. Tromboncino. Death closes all: ++"Aime, ch'io moro" strambotto, music by M. Cara but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, ++"Po, ben ...e'n ponente abandoni un piu' bel lume..." Sonetto #180 by F. Petrarca, music by a different MC and the baths Of all the western stars, ++"Vergine bella... coronata di stelle..." Canzone #366 of F. Petrarca, music by B. Tromboncino until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; ++"Hor ch'el ciel et la terra," sonetto #164 by F. Petrarca, music by B. Tromboncino One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ++"Ostinato vo' seguire" barzelletta, music by B. Tromboncino The end of the poem, Ulysses, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) It's been my favorite poem for nearly 40 years. The Other. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
