God sends the night (Reginald Somerville)

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• (Posted 2023-12-11)  CPDL #78049:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 332 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: God sends the night
Composer: Reginald Somerville
Lyricist: Herbert J. Brandon
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

God sends the night to bid us rest
From all our cares, in slumbers blest.
The turmoil and the toil are past,
Peace o’er the earth descends at last;
Then aching hearts may rest awhile,
And saddened lips in dreams may smile,
God sends the night; at His behest
The weary world is hushed to rest.

God sends the day to bid us wake:
Fresh glories at each morning break.
The world lies glistening in the dew,
Each day a world begun anew,
In waking hearts the message rings,
“Oh, on to nobler, better things!”
God sends the day; the shadows break,
And His creation is awake!