Evening (Edward Sweeting)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78148:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 942 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Evening
Composer: Edward Sweeting
Lyricist: William Ernest Henley
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1924 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Margaritæ Sorori

A late lark twitters from the quiet skies;
And from the West,
Where the sun, his day’s work ended,
Lingers as in content,
There falls on the old, grey city
An influence luminous and serene,
A shining peace.

The smoke ascends
In a rosy and golden haze. The spires
Shine, and are changed. In the valley
Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun,
Closing his benediction,
Sinks, and the darkening air
Thrills with a sense of the triumphing night—
Night with her train of stars
And her great gift of sleep.

So be my passing!
My task accomplished and the long day done,
My wages taken, and in my heart
Some late lark singing,
Let me be gathered to the quiet West,
The sundown splendid and serene,
Death.