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Before the World Was Made

from Eve by Áine Minogue

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Before The World Was Made
A poem by William Butler Yeats

If I make the lashes dark
And the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet,
Or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed:
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.

What if I look upon a man
As though on my beloved,
And my blood be cold the while
And my heart unmoved?
Why should he think me cruel
Or that he is betrayed?
I'd have him love the thing that was
Before the world was made.

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BURNT NORTON
(No. 1 of 'Four Quartets')
T S Eliot

Time past and time future
Allow but a little consciousness.
To be conscious is not to be in time
But only in time can the moment in the rose-garden,
The moment in the arbour where the rain beat,
The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
Be remembered; involved with past and future.
Only through time time is conquered.

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I am looking for the face I had before the world was made

'ere stars were bright in the sky
Before my mother knew I was a glimmer in a foolish man's eye
The face I knew before the world was nigh. Who was I?
Before they cut me off and cast me aside

I am looking for the face I had before the world was made

Before the world was mine to share
Before I screamed defiance or muttered despair
Whose face was mine to mirror theirs
Bone to bone before the sword and the flare

I am looking for the face I had before the world was made

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from Eve, released May 25, 2018
Seamús Egan: Irish whistles
Jon Evans: Bass, pedal steel, soundscape
Eugene Friesen: Cellos
Áine Minogue: Irish harp, vocals

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Áine Minogue Boston, Massachusetts

Born and raised in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland, Áine Minogue is an award-winning harpist, singer, arranger and composer

She has fourteen solo albums and extensive soundtrack work to her credit.

Áine’s music, in varying styles - Celtic, World, Folk and Spiritual - has appeared on compilations for major and indie labels.

She has an MA in Performance from the University of Limerick. ... more

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