Friday, January 3, 2003
A Christmas Carol, Sung To The King In The Presence At White-Hall Comments
Rating: ★2.8
Chorus.
What sweeter music can we bring,
Than a Carol, for to sing
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Robert Herrick
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7/25/2025 6:08:35 PM # 1.0.0
The simplest phrase can be sublime in its context: ...'The Darling of the world is come, and fit it is we find a room to welcome Him.' Achingly beautiful when I heard it sung, by King's College Cambridge boys I think it was. The effect of a beautiful phrase reminds me of a remark by Thomas Mann: 'Beauty can pierce one like a pain.'