The darksome night has gone (Percy Godfrey)

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• (Posted 2023-10-22)  CPDL #76536:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-22).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 648 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The darksome night has gone
Composer: Percy Godfrey
Lyricist: Ralph St. John Ainslie
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1890 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The darksome night has gone,
And fair as Hesper in the west,
The star of thy dear love alone
Dawns on the hallowed hour of rest,
And thrills me with diviner light
As darkness falls, Good-night!

The breath of flowers is on the air,
Tho’ summer’s rainbow gems are hid,
And rest in in perfumed slumber rare,
Beneath night’s dusky coverlid;
And now the shadowy spell must fall
On thy blue eyes, my flower of all.

Dream visions beautiful and blest,
Hover around my darling’s head,
Gentle spirits of sleep and rest,
Fold your soft wings around her bed,
Yet ere she slumber, may there be
one kindly thought of me.

The golden day has gone,
And fair as Hesper in the west,
The star of thy dear love alone,
Dawns on the hallowed hour of rest,
And thrills me with diviner light,
As darkness falls, Good-night, my love, good-night.