Is she not passing fair?

IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?

Is she not passing fair,

She whom I love so well ?

On earth, in sea, or air,

Where may her equal dwell ?

Oh! tell me, ye who dare

To brave her beauty's spell,

Is she not passing fair,

She whom I love so well ?

Whether she speak or sing,

Be jocund or serene,

Alike in ev'rything,

Is she not beauty's queen ?

Then let the world declare,

Let all who see her tell,

That she is passing fair,

She whom I love so well !

• Songs and Piano Music by Edward Elgar has "Is she not passing fair?" performed by Mark Wilde (tenor), with David Owen Norris (piano).
• The Songs of Edward Elgar SOMM CD 220 Neil Mackie (tenor) with Malcolm Martineau (piano), at Southlands College, London, April 1999