| — | From Volcano by Damien Rice featuring Lisa Hannigan |
Consequence of Sounds by Regina Spektor (who is one of the few artists that make me glad I am alive).
To Plead My Faith was written by Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, to Queen Elizabeth I imploring her to take him back after their fallout in the late 1500s. Here, the poem is sung by German countertenor Andreas Scholl on his album A Musical Banquet.
Text:
To plead my faith where faith had no reward,
To move remorse where favor is not borne,
To heap complaints where she doth not regard, -
Were fruitless, bootless, vain, and yield but scorn.
I lovéd her whom all the world admired,
I was refused of her that can love none;
And my vain hope, which far too high aspired,
Is dead, and buried, and for ever gone.
Forget my name, since you have scorned my love,
And woman-like do not too late lament;
Since for your sake I do all mischief prove,
I none accuse nor nothing do repent.
I was as fond as ever she was fair,
Yet loved I not more than I now despair.
