Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 1, At St. Patrick's Purgatory, artist - Samuel Barber. Album song Barber: Modern Vocal Premieres: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op.24, Hermit Songs, Prayers of Kierkegaard, Die Natali, in the genre Шедевры мировой классики
Date of issue: 31.12.1950
Record label: Soundmark
Song language: English
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 1, At St. Patrick's Purgatory |
Pity me on my pilgrimage to Loch Derg! |
O King of the churches and the bells |
Bewailing your sores and your wounds |
But not a tear can I squeeze from my eyes! |
Nor moisten an eye after so much sin! |
Pity me, O King! |
What shall I do with a heart that seeks only its own ease? |
O only begotten Son by whom all men were made |
Who shunned not the death by three wounds |
Pity me on my pilgrimage to Loch Derg |
And I with a heart not softer than stone! |