Cecilia Ensemble - E. Elgar: They are at Rest

They are at rest
Music: Edward Elgar
Lyrics: John Henry Newman

Cecilia Ensemble:
Naomi Faran - Musical Director
Hadas Faran-Asia, Tom Ben Ishai - soprano
Avital Dery, Zlata Khershberg - mezzo-soprano
Oshri Segev, Hillel Sherman - tenor
Guy Pelc, Yoav Weiss - bass

They are at rest.
We may not stir the heav'n of their repose
By rude invoking voice, or prayer addrest
In waywardness to those
Who in the mountain grots of Eden lie,
And hear the fourfold river as it murmurs by.

And soothing sounds
Blending with the neighb'ring waters as they glide;
Posted along the haunted garden's bounds,
Angelic forms abide,
Echoing, as words of watch, o'er lawn and grove
The verses of that hymn which Seraphs chant above.