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'Of Shadow and Eccho' is the second release from 'Cantat Ergo Sumus', a collaboration between University of Oxford Philosophy Professor Paul Lodge and Flights of Helios.
'Of Shadow and Eccho' is a poem by the 17th Century philosopher Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. It is taken from Cavendish’s book Poems and Fancies and draws on her views about the nature of sensory perception to provide what seems to be a commentary on the gender roles of the time.
lyrics
A Shadow fell in love with the bright Light,
Which makes her walke perpetually in his sight;
And when He's absent, the poore Soule she dyes,
But when He shewes himselfe, her Life revives.
Of Shadow, Of Shadow
Of Shadow, Of Shadow, Of Shadow
She Sister is to Eccho loud, and cleere,
Whose voice is heard, but no Body appeare:
She hates to see, or shew her selfe to men,
Unlesse Narcissus could live once agen.
Of Eccho, Of Eccho, Of Eccho, Of Eccho
But these two Soules, for they no Bodies have,
Do wander in the Aire to seeke a Grave.
Silence would bury on the other Night,
Both are denied by Reflections spight;
And each of these is subject to the Sense,
One strikes the Eare, Shadow the Eye presents
Of Shadow, Of Eccho
Of Shadow, Of Eccho, Of Shadow
credits
released February 26, 2022
Words: Margaret Cavendish
Set to music by Paul Lodge
Arrangement: Paul Lodge, Phillip Hanaway-Oakley, Christopher Beard
Vocals: Chris Beard
Bass guitar: Phillip Hanaway-Oakley
Piano: Adrian Wardle
Violin: Sian Lloyd-Pratchett
Electric guitar: James Maund, Ben Ulph
Recorded and mixed by Phillip Hanaway-Oakley
Mastered by Thomas Woodhouse
'Cantat Ergo Sumus' is a collaboration between University of Oxford Philosophy Professor Paul Lodge and Flights of Helios.
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