Full fathom five thy father lies
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them, - ding-dong bell
Other Ralph Vaughan Williams songs:
all Ralph Vaughan Williams songs all songs from 1951