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4. Was written from a remote cottage<br />
hideaway in Sussex by Sir Edward Elgar<br />
to his “muse”, Lady Alice Stuart-Wortly (his<br />
Windfl ower). She is “The Soul Enshrined”<br />
in the Violin Concerto and the inspiration<br />
for the 2nd Symphony and the Violin<br />
Sonata. They fi rst met in Sheffi eld in<br />
19<strong>02</strong> at the Sheffi eld Music Festival and<br />
remained “friends” to the end of their lives.<br />
Letters like these show that heroes<br />
and heroines of the past were fl awed and<br />
vulnerable, just like us.<br />
But letters are now a rarity and we must<br />
guard well those that we have, for future<br />
generations. For who, in the 22nd Century,<br />
will want to retrieve Trump’s Tweets<br />
or Clinton’s emails from cyber space?<br />
Therefore, before we put down our pens<br />
forever, perhaps we should give some<br />
thought to these lines from the First World<br />
War trenches:<br />
The songs I had are withered<br />
Or vanished clean,<br />
Yet there are bright tracks<br />
Where I have been,<br />
And there grow fl owers<br />
For others’ delight.<br />
Think well, O singer,<br />
Soon comes night.<br />
Ivor Gurney<br />
Sylvia Bennett<br />
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