In the dawn
Text: Arthur Christopher Benson, from "The professor"
Music: Edward Elgar, "In the dawn", Op. 41 No. 1
Some souls have quickened, eye to eye,
And heart to heart, and hand in hand;
The swift fire leaps, and instantly
They understand.
Henceforth they can be cold no more;
Woes there may be, - ay, tears and blood,
But not the numbness, as before
They understood.
Henceforth, though ages roll
Across wild wastes of sand and brine,
Whate'er betide, one human soul
Is knit with mine.
Whatever joy be dearly bought,
Whatever hope my bosom stirs,
The straitest cell of secret thought
Is wholly hers.
Ay, were I parted, life would be
A helpless, heartless flight along
Blind tracks in vales of misery
And sloughs of wrong.
Nay, God forgive me!
Life would roll like some dim moon thro' cloudy bars;
But to have loved her sets my soul
Among the stars.
 In the dawn, OP. 41-1 - Amanda Roocroft
In the dawn, OP. 41-1 - Neil Mackie
The Song
Text: Arthur Christopher Benson, from "The professor"
Music: Edward Elgar, "Speak, Music", Op. 41 No. 2
Speak, speak, music, and bring to me
Fancies too fleet for me,
Sweetness too sweet for me,
Wake, wake, voices, and sing to me,
Sing to me tenderly; bid me rest.
Rest, rest! ah, I am fain of it!
Die, Hope! small was my gain of it!
Song, take thy parable,
Whisper, whisper that all is well,
Say, say that there tarrieth
Something, something more true than death,
Waiting to smile for me; bright and blest.
Thrill, thrill, string: echo and play for me
All, all that the poet, the priest cannot say for me;
Soar, voice, soar, heavenwards, and pray for me,
Wondering, wandering; bid me rest.
Speak, Music, Op. 41-2 - Amanda Roocroft
Speak, Music, Op. 41-2 - Matthew Long
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The words for both songs are from the poem “The Professor” by A. C. Benson.
”Speak, Music!” written in 1901 as Op.41, No.2 was dedicated to Mrs. Edward Speyer.
She was Antonia Kufferath, daughter of Elgar's wife, Alice Elgar's old piano teacher
Ferdinand Kufferath and wife of Elgar's friend the wealthy banker Edward Speyer.
Mrs. Speyer was a Belgian-born soprano, and hence the title, "Speak, Music".
Both songs were first performed in the Queen's Hall in 26 October 1901.
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