Have you ever seen the 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility starring Emma Thomson and Kate Winslet? Do you remember the song that Marianne sings in the movie (the scene where Colonel Brandon sees her for the first time)? Well, this is it! It was originally a poem supposedly written by an anonymous poet in the 1800s, although there are rumors that it was written by the English musician John Dowland in 1603 to an alternate tune. Whether either be true, it is a beautiful work of poetry and I wanted to share it.
Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
Heaven’s sun doth gently waste.
But my sun’s heavenly eyes
View not your weeping,
That now lie sleeping
Softly, now softly lies
Sleeping.
Sleep is a reconciling,
A rest that peace begets.
Doth not the sun rise smiling
When fair at even he sets?
Rest you then, rest, sad eyes,
Melt not in weeping
While she lies sleeping
Softly, now softly lies
Sleeping.
Anonymous
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Have you ever seen the 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility?
Do you remember Marianne singing this song?
To watch a clip of this scene from Sense and Sensibility, click HERE!
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Simply Megan Joy 
I love that movie, and have seen it more times than I can count but don’t remember her singing this song. I remember her singing but not the exact song. I will try to get the video to work. My internet is sketchy, and videos are hard to get to load up.
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You can also find that song on Spotify if that works better than videos. It’s the first song on the Sense and Sensibility soundtrack, but it’s the end credits version which is a little different. I love listening to it while I write!
~ Megan Joy
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I’ll just look for it the next time I watch the movie, which might be later today. I have it recorded ;);) haha
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Ok! Sounds fun!
~ Megan Joy
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What a moving poem!!
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🙂 Thanks for reading!
~ Megan Joy
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I love both the Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet version most of all. But I also like the newer BBC version… Thanks for posting the poem! So nice to read the words in full! I get so wrapped up in the characters, that I have never completely caught all the lyrics!
🙂 ❤
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Oh! I didn’t know about the new BBC version! I must go look it up right now!
~ Megan Joy
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