Dry those fair, those crystal eyes

DRY THOSE FAIR, THOSE CRYSTAL EYES

Dry those fair, those crystal eyes,

Which, like growing fountains, rise,

To drown their banks : grief’s sullen brooks

Would better flow in furrow’d looks ;

Thy lovely face was never meant

To be the shore of discontent.

Then clear those waterish stars again,

Which else portend a lasting rain ;

Lest the clouds which settle there,

Prolong my winter all the year,

And thy example others make

In love with sorrow for thy sake.

• "The Unknown Elgar" includes "Dry those fair, those crystal eyes" performed by Teresa Cahill (soprano), with Barry Collett (piano).
• Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "Dry those fair, those crystal eyes" performed by Peter Savidge (baritone), with David Owen Norris (piano).
• Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Reinild Mees (piano)

• Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) ISBN 0-521-37944-X
• Kennedy, Michael, Portrait of Elgar (Oxford University Press, 1968) ISBN 0-19-315414-5

Dry those fair, those crystal eyes: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project