The evening sail (Lowell Mason)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-16). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 353 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: The evening sail
Composer: Lowell Mason
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1846 Mason Brothers
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Original text and translations
English text
How sweet were those soft evening hours,
When wreathed with the bright blooming flowers,
Our boat gently floated along;
The shades of the twilight were o’er us,
The west blushing brightly before us,
And glancing the wavelets among.
The night slowly round us was closing;
And we, in the silence reposing,
So quiet, so happy, were blessed;
The moon, rising bright o’er the mountain,
Uplifted our hearts to the Fountain
Of beauty, and pleasure, and rest.
How sweet were those soft evening hours,
When wreathed with the bright blooming flowers,
Our boat gently floated along;
The shades of the twilight were o’er us,
The west blushing brightly before us,
And glancing the wavelets among.