Stars of the summer night

General information

Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Settings by composers

• Thomas Dunhill SSA (vv.1-2 & 4)
• John Liptrot Hatton SATB
• Henry Thomas Smart SATBB
• Isaac Woodbury SATB (vv.1-2 & 4)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Frederick N. Baxter — Stars of the summer night
• Ernest Edwin Mitchell — My Lady sleeps
• Berthold Tours — Stars of the summer night

Texts and Translations

English text

1  Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

2  Moon of the summer night!
Far down yon western steeps,
Sink, sink in silver light!
She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

3  Wind of the summer night!
Where yonder woodbine creeps,
Fold, fold thy pinions light!
She sleeps, my lady sleeps!

4  Dreams of the summer night!
Tell her, her lover keeps watch!
While in slumbers light
She sleeps, my lady sleeps!