Giovanni Bellini, Pieta, Accademia Carrera, Bergamo, 1455Drop, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet,
Which brought from Heav’n
The news and Prince of Peace.
Cease not, wet tears,
His mercies to entreat;
To cry for vengeance:
Sin doth never cease.
In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye see
Sin, but through my tears.
A performance of William Walton, A Litany: Drop, drop slow tears, by The DwsChorale. [YouTube]
To listen to a performance of William Walton, A Litany: Drop, drop slow tears, by The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; Christopher Robinson conducting; while following the text, NML (info): right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window;" BM (info): right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window;" Then arrange windows.
