When you are old
John Tavener * Track #1 On Mini-Song Cycle for Gina
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When you are old by John Tavener
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John TavenerWhen you are old Lyrics
When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace
And loved your beauty with love false or true
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars
When you are old Q&A
Who wrote When you are old's ?
When you are old was written by John Tavener & William Butler Yeats.