by Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
all the musical versions I could find, through Youtube, in one place for those that love the poem:
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the hearth must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the days return too soon,
Yet we'll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.
For those who like it rough and tough ;) after all George Gordon Byron was thought of as the Rockster of poetry in the eighteenth century.
Those who like it sweet and melodious, listen to this:
High school version one
High school version two: Lincoln High School Men's Chorale (embedding disabled)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArpfpz2z38&feature=related
High School version three (The Alabama All-State TTBB High School Choir of 2008 under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Carter. A-rovin' arranged by Norman Luboff). A hundred people on-stage singing it together! In sync! I liked it, this kind of thing is so very tough to do with kids, the hard work and dedication shows...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47eHAVoyfmU&feature=related
Is this Byron or ?
Leonard Cohen's version:
This one's the perfect prelude to who's coming next:
Joan Baez (my favourite version)
Reading of the poem
Another reading:
This one's the most dramatic of them all, I thought
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Thank you, Rolling, for reminding me. Today is make me cry day on OS.
I love Joan Baez as a performer, and "Diamonds and Rust" is an awesome piece, but any time I see her interviewed, I wonder if someone just ran over her cat.
And, I love Joan.
Thanks, Rolling.
I live about two miles away from Lord Byron's home, Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire.
I come on lesser and lesser these days and miss your link. Today something made me think of you and I checked your site. Hopefully all good?
Rtd
Delia, you mean except for the first vid, right? glad to hear from u
((Consonant)), love to you...and thnx
GeeBee, wonder ... did she really have a very sad life?
WUS, I know :)
GG, yeah
Linda, wow, hve they turned the house into a memorial? Does any of his family live there still?
ChiGuy, which one? ;)
Ramadi, glad to see you here
SWmn, thank you Ma'm :) see, you mde me smile
How you doing kiddo?
Mr F, glad you liked it...I chanced upon it while leafing thru my old Golden Treasury
His work lives on....
into futurity he speaks....to beautify our miserable current
poetic sensibility..
Scupper, you like JB too? grt
in the absurd point of view,"
quoth our Lord.
Byron.
Wish i could live up to our Lord's Injunction
with more fortitude.
Alas, i sink down into desperate selfpity
in the hope that some gal somewhere,
maybe in India,
will tell me how swell i am...
ha.JIm xo