When the nightfall cometh on (Charles King Langley)

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  • (Posted 2023-11-08)  CPDL #77110:     
Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-08).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 455 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: When the nightfall cometh on
Composer: Charles King Langley
Lyricist: Eden Reeder Latta
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 D. W. Crist
Description: 

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Original text and translations

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Oh, the mellow beams that flow
From the sinking summer sun;
And how long the shadows grow,
When the nightfall cometh on!

Gentle nightfall, dewy nightfall,
Thou our every heart hast won!
Soothing nightfall, dreamy nightfall,
Glad we hail thy coming on!

How the cups of blossoms close,
Ere the ebon veil is drawn!
And the toiler, homeward, goes,
When the nightfall cometh on!

See the wending flocks and herds,
Ere the darkness has begun!
Hear the twitter of the birds,
When the nightfall cometh on!

What a silence gathers round,
When the toilsome day is done!
What a peace of mind is found,
When the nightfall cometh on!

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