The Self Banished
"The Self Banished" is a poem written by Edmund Waller in about 1645. It was set to music by the baroque composer John Blow in 1700.
It is also one of the first songs written by the English composer Edward Elgar. Composed in 1875, specifically for "soprano or tenor", it was unpublished until recently.
Lyrics
Blow set stanzas 1 and 2. Elgar added a stanza beginning with his own spelling of "Absence".THE SELF-BANISHED
Recordings
- Amanda Roocroft, Reinild Mees