Until the Dawn (James Asher Parks)
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- (Posted 2022-09-19) CPDL #70856:
- Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-09-19). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 67 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Until the Dawn
Composer: James Asher Parks
Lyricist: James Asher Parks
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1896
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Original text and translations
English text
Softly the night winds sigh,
Sleep, dearest, sweetly sleep;
Sweet be thy dreams, while I my vigils keep.
Sleep while the moon, afar,
Floods all the earth with light;
Sleep, while the beaming stars whisper a sweet goodnight.
Softly, sweetly sleep, then for no danger is near thee:
Dream till the dawn's early light,
Dream until the morning bright,
For angels will guard thee tenderly, dear,
thro' all the silent night;
Thus may our lives ever glide together,
as we're drifting on.
For I will be ever at thy side,
Until the night is gone.
Sleep, dearest, sweetly sleep,
Soft winds are whisp'ring low;
Night spreads her mantle deep
O'er all elow.
Sleep while the moon, afar,
Floods all the earth with light,
Sleep, while the beaming stars whisper a gentle goodnight;
Dear heart sleep on until the dawn.