Nigel Verney's video: John Keats - To Sleep - Benjamin Britten eng subs 7 8

Keats' poem as set by Britten as the "Sonnet" from his "Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings". with English Subtitles. The tenor is Peter Pears. To Sleep: O soft embalmer of the still midnight, Shutting, with careful fingers and benign, Our gloom‑pleas’d eyes, embower’d from the light, Enshaded in forgetfulness divine: O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close, In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes. Or wait the “Amen” ere thy poppy throws Around my bed its lulling charities. Then save me, or the passèd day will shine Upon my pillow, breeding many woes, Save me from curious conscience, that still lords Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole; Turn the key deftly in the oilèd wards, And seal the hushèd casket of my Soul. John Keats (1795–1821) The tenor Peter Pears, horn player Dennis Brain and the New Symphony Orchestra of London are conducted by Sir Eugene Gossens on this 1953 recording. Recorded from vinyl unfortunately in electronically reprocessed stereo. ////////////////terms////////////// Musical setting of poem, To Sleep, poetry. Turn the key deftly in the oilèd wards, Keats, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Eugene Gossens 1953, Sonnet. Keats' or Keats's?