How sweet the moonlight sleeps
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General information
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, from THe Merchant of Venice Act V, Scene 1.
Settings by composers (automatically updated)
- David Emlyn Evans — How sweet the moonlight sleeps English SATB
- Henry David Leslie — How sweet the moonlight sleeps English SATB
Texts and Translations
English text
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
creep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night
become the touches of sweet harmony.