Mount Holyoke College Vespers 2010 (4); The Snow

Mount Holyoke College's annual Vespers concert held in Abbey Memorial Chapel, South Hadley, MA.
This concert was held Dec. 5, 2010.
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The Snow
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Text: C. Alice Elgar
Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams
Performed by: Mount Holyoke Chorale
Linda Laderach and Gabby Snyder on Violins
Mark Gionfriddo on piano

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O snow, which sinks so light,
Brown earth is hid from sight
O soul, be thou as white as snow,
O snow, which falls so slow,
Dear earth quite warm below;
O heart, so keep thy glow
Beneath the snow.

O snow, in thy soft grave
Sad flow'rs the winter brave;
O heart, so sooth and save, as does the snow.
The snow must melt, must go,
Fast, fast as water flow.
Not thus, my soul, O sow
Thy gifts to fade like snow.

O snow, thou'rt white no more,
Thy sparkling too, is o'er;
O soul, be as before,
Was bright the snow.
Then as the snow all pure,
O heart be, but endure;
Through all the years full sure,
Not as the snow.

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I never thought I would hear this again. I sang it in school choir back in the day when school choirs sang that caliber of music. It was my favorite. Thanks for this.