Come, sullen night (Jennifer Bastable)
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- (Posted 2025-04-23) CPDL #84587:
- Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2025-04-23). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 377 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Come, sullen night
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB + Mz solo
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
First published:
Description: A setting for five voices (SSATB) and Mezzo-Soprano soloist, of lyrics from a song in George Handford's book of 'Ayres to be Sunge to The Lute and Base Vyole' (MS c.1609, in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge).
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Original text and translations
English text
Come sullen night that in thy sylent cover
like ruthfull birds my swarmeinge cares may hover
come sullen night let could [cold] dispayre assay
the restless fludgate of my eyes to stay
but come what will ahlas [alas] noontyde or morrow
all seemeth darke in this my night of sorrow.
Yet come sweete morne though you my ysce [icy] feares
canst not dissolve, nor keepe truce with my teares
Nor that thy pleasure can my payne redeeme
But that all change of payne doth pleasure seeme
Then come what will alas noonetyde or morrow
All seemeth darke in this my night of sorrow.