Night winds that so gently flow (John Baptiste Calkin)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-05-21). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 89 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Night winds that so gently flow
Composer: John Baptiste Calkin
Lyricist: Joseph Tennielli Calkin
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1870 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 3, no. 98
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Original text and translations
English text
Night winds that so gently flow,
Hush! oh hush your murmurs low,
Softly wrapt in beauty's glow,
My Delia sleeps.
Soothe her with thy soft caress,
Gently breathe in tenderness,
While visions bright her slumbers bless,
Her Damon weeps.