Mendelssohn, Songe d'une nuit d'été, Mélodrame n°1

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Songe d'une nuit d'été, "Mélodrame n°1".

Philipp Clarke, récitant
Benjamin Lassauzet, violon

"What thou seest when thou dost wake,
Do it for thy true-love take,
Love and languish for his sake:
Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,
Pard, or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear
When thou wakest, it is thy dear:
Wake when some vile thing is near."