The Last Invocation - Malcolm Martineau, Frank Bridge, Cantabile - The London Quartet

At the last, tenderly

From the walls of the powerful, fortress’d house

From the clasp of the knitted locks --

From the keep of the well-closed doors

Let me be wafted

Let me glide noiselessly forth;

With the key of softness unlock the locks -- with a whisper

Set ope the doors, O Soul!

Tenderly!

be not impatient!

(Strong is your hold, O mortal flesh!

Strong is your hold, O Love.)