4 SEPTEMBER 1942, Page 11

MADRIGALS

A QUEER charm and touch for the ear,

Sweet interlinking words and moving harmony, The singers' voices blending like soft silk, Finely and 'cleanly.

Purity as of milk, A queer charm and strange joy to hear ; A cool dance of voices, intricate and swift Moving delicate and true In minor key.

Sweet Amaryllis, Amaryllis sweet, adieu.

DOROTHY ALLEN.

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