The young May moon (Charles Harford Lloyd)

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• (Posted 2023-11-09)  CPDL #77163:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 501 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The young May moon
Composer: Charles Harford Lloyd
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1909 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The young May moon is beaming, love,
The glow-worm’s lamp is gleaming, love;
    How sweet to rove
    Through Morna’s grove,
When the drowsy world is dreaming, love!
Then awake!—the heavens look bright, my dear,
’Tis never too late for delight, my dear;
    And the best of all ways
    To lengthen our days
Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear!

Now all the world is sleeping, love,
But the Sage, his star-watch keeping, love,
    And I, whose star
    More glorious far
Is the eye from that casement peeping, love.
Then awake!—till rise of sun, my dear,
The Sage's glass we’ll shun, my dear,
    Or, in watching the flight
    Of bodies of light
He might happen to take thee for one, my dear!