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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, | Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, | ||
In | In rayless majesty, now stretches forth | ||
Her | Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. | ||
Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! | Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! | ||
Nor eye, nor | Nor eye, nor listening ear an object finds; | ||
Creation sleeps | Creation sleeps and Nature made a pause; | ||
An awful pause! prophetic of her end. | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
Revision as of 08:49, 14 November 2019
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-11-13). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 101 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Night, sable goddess!
Composer: Walter Cecil Macfarren
Lyricist: Edward Young
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 9, no. 281
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Original text and translations
English text
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne,
In rayless majesty, now stretches forth
Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
Silence how dead! and darkness how profound!
Nor eye, nor listening ear an object finds;
Creation sleeps and Nature made a pause;
An awful pause! prophetic of her end.