Back when we lived in the Big Smoke my choir sang "Whispering Hope".....and just a few years ago my choir here in the Small Smoke, at my suggestion, also added it to the repertoire.

Something for those who, like me, enjoy trivia: it was written back in 1868 by Alice Hawthorne - who didn't really exist; Alice Hawthorne was one of the pseudonyms used by Septimus Winner. Septimus also wrote the words to that great classic "Where, oh where has my little dog gone" (set to a German tune).....talk about going from the sublime to the gor blimey.