Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)

"Welcome, Within My Shining Portals" is the first song of Cadman's Three Songs to Odysseus, op. 50 song cycle, with text by Nelle Richmond Eberhart.

Date: 1911Composer: Charles Wakefield CadmanText: Nelle Richmond EberhartSong Collection: Three Songs to Odysseus

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Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe’s Song)
by Nelle Richmond Eberhart

Thus spake Circe of the amber tresses;
Wingéd words she spake,
she of the sea-deep eyes:

“Welcome, welcome within my shining portals,
To my cool halls and to my flowing wine;
Soft lyre-swept airs, the odes of the immortals,
Nectar, ambrosia, and love shall all be thine!

“Thou shalt forget thy wanderings, thy sorrows;
Thou shalt forget thine agonies, thy fears;
All yesterdays shall die and all tomorrows
Grant thy desires and dry thy bitter tears.

“Welcome, welcome within my shining portals;
Rest thee and quaff the golden chaliced wine!”

Sheet Music

3 Songs to Odysseus, Op. 50 (High Key)

Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

Song(s): 1. Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)
2. Leave Not This Sea-encircled Isle (Calypso's Song)
3. Thou Wouldst Not Stay (Nausicaä's Song)

Voice Type: High

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3 Songs to Odysseus, Op. 50 (Medium Key)

Composer(s): Charles Wakefield Cadman

Song(s): 1. Welcome, Within My Shining Portals (Circe's Song)
2. Leave Not This Sea-encircled Isle (Calypso's Song)
3. Thou Wouldst Not Stay (Nausicaä's Song)

Voice Type: Medium

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