In his brief poem Eternitie, Robert Herrick (1591 1674) imagines the immense awe that accompanies leaving this world and entering the next. A hint of longing for what was in the opening words, O Yeares! and Age! gives way to peace and acceptance with Farewell. The music slowly grows in intensity over a bass pedal point to the high pointof the piece: wonder and joy in the life of the world to come, being drownd in one endlesse Day. Duration: 3:45
