Is she not passing fair?
# Is she not passing fair?

Is she not passing fair? è una canzone scritta dal compositore inglese Edward Elgar.

Fu completata il 28 ottobre 1886, ma non pubblicata fino al 1908, da Boosey & Co.

Viene descritta come un "lai", scritta da Carlo, duca di Orléans (1391-1466) e tradotta [dal francese] da Louisa Stuart Costello.

## Versi

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 !

## Incisioni

* 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
