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What Eye Beholds the Spring?

John F. Wilson

Key:
G Major
Vocal Range:
High
Pitch Range:
G4 - E5
Key:
Eb Major
Vocal Range:
Low
Pitch Range:
Eb4 - C5
Key:
F Major
Vocal Range:
Medium
Pitch Range:
F4 - D5
Composer:
John F. Wilson
Lyricist:
Joyce Grenfell
Publisher:
JFW
Instrumentation:
Keyboard/Vocal
Key:
Eb Major
,
F Major
,
G Major
Vocal Range:
High
,
Low
,
Medium
Vocal Pitch Range:
Eb4 - C5
,
F4 - D5
,
G4 ? E5
MP3 Duration:
02:17

A song with words by an actress who was also a Christian Scientist. Music by the Australian composer who was master of the Queen’s Music. A gently flowing tune to express the spiritual nature of vision.

Lyrics

What Eye Beholds the Spring?
Lyrics by Joyce Grenfell

What eye beholds the spring?
No retina or lens
With signals to the brain
Could compass such a thing.
If on this earth we see
The green immensity
And hear the music’s ring,
Where can the real spring be?

From time to time the mind
Sees more than mortal’s range.
The universe made plain,
A seeing for the blind.
It is the eye of Mind
That sees and hears and knows.
The law that holds intact
The man, the star, the rose.