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Lennox Berkeley – Look Up, Sweet Babe Op.43, No.2

Performed by The Choir of St John’s College Cambridge

From Sacred Choral Music: Naxos 8.557277 [Buy]

Look up sweet babe, look up and see
For love of thee, tho’ far from home,
The East is come to seek herself in thy sweet eyes.
To thee thou day of night, thou East of West
Lo we at last have found the way
To thee the world’s great universal East
The general and indiff’rent day.

- Words by Richard Crashaw (1613-1649)

To everyone who reads this blog (yes, all three of you), have a joyful and peaceful Christmas ! I’ll be spending a few days offline enjoying family time, and be back soon.

(Lennox Berkeley biography)