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Then to Silvia let us sing,
That Silvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing
Upon the dull earth dwelling:
To her let us garlands bring.
William Shakespeare
Extract from Act 4 Scene 2 of
"Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Who is Silvia? What is she?
That all our swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she:
The heaven such grace did lend her,
That she might admirèd be.
Is she kind as she is fair?
For beauty lives with kindness:
Love doth to her eyes repair,
To help him of his blindness;
And, being help’d, inhabits there.
(An personal answer to Shakespeare and Schubert's question: Who is Sylvia? Recording coming soon!)
Niel van der Watt, 16 March 2024
So You Are To Me - DJ Reid
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