Barry Mills - A Contemplation upon Flowers | Dowland's Foundry

A Contemplation upon Flowers by Barry Mills (1949 - ) Walking in Beauty, No. 3 Dowland's Foundry: Daniel Thomson - tenor ( ‪@DanielThomsonTenor‬ ) Sam Brown - lute ( ‪@Vivace214‬ ) Recording: Tom Perkins Recorded at Craxton Studios with thanks to Jane Craxton. Text by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester (1592-1669) Brave flowers—that I could gallant it like you, And be as little vain! You come abroad, and make a harmless show, And to your beds of earth again. You are not proud: you know your birth: For your embroider'd garments are from earth. You do obey your months and times, but I Would have it ever Spring: My fate would know no Winter, never die, Nor think of such a thing. O that I could my bed of earth but view And smile, and look as cheerfully as you! #earlymusic #johndowland #contemporaryclassical #lutesong #lute #historicalperformance #musichistory #elizabethanmusic #elizabethan #renaissance #renaissancemusic #renaissancehistory #barrymills