aldo@brl-tgr.ARPA (Aldo Scipioni ) (07/24/85)
During 1914 Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a piece of Romantic Pastoral music (for violin and orchestra) titled "The Lark Ascending". The work was titled after George Meredith's poem "The Lark Ascending". After listening to this wonderful melody, I thought, "gee, this seems more like a lover's song than a lark's flight". Then, on the album cover I noticed that the piece had been dedicated to Marie Hall. "So", I mused, "perhaps I'm right". To make a long story short, I then wrote the following. It is what I hear when listening to Vaughan William's "The Lark Ascending". LARKS rising, they begin to round two lovers dropping silver chains of sound thus breaking earthly bounds their winged voices flow rising toward aerial realms where human heart and sunlit mind (not body) effortlessly go golden churrips blossem 'cross the sky each heart lifts heart as to the sun they fly 'til lost in gossamer rings midst brilliant heights their song remains 'though they are beyond sight yet in my heart i see they are still there two dear companions rising unaware that they are now but ethereal beings weighless waves of sound their counterparts strive to such heights here upon the ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dedicated (with fond memories) to P. M. Arndt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~