A lullaby (Charles L. Williams)

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• (Posted 2023-12-18)  CPDL #78320:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 379 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2022-07-25)  CPDL #70122:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-07-25).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 124 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

General Information

Title: A lullaby
Composer: Charles L. Williams
Lyricist: George John Whyte-Melville
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1919 The Musical Times no.923
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

1  Sleep, rest, my love, rest:
Dieth the moan of the wind in the tree,
Foldeth her pinions the bird in her nest,
Sinks the sun to his bed in the sea.
Sleep, lulled on my breast,
Tossing and troubled and thinking of me.

2  Peace, falleth the night,
Veiling in shadows her glory for thee,
Eyes may be darkened while visions are bright,
Senses be fettered, tho' fancy is free.
Peace, peace, slumbering light,
Longing and loving and dreaming of me.