When Myra sings
Britten, Benjamin
When Myra sings, we seek th'enchanting sound,
And bless the notes which do so sweetly wound;
What music needs must dwell upon that tongue
Whose speech is tuneful as another's song?
Such harmony, such wit, a face so fair,
So many pointed arrows who can bear?
The slave that from her wit or beauty flies,
If she but reach him with her voice, he dies.