The Curfew (George H. Knight)

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• (Posted 2023-11-06)  CPDL #77002:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-06).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 270 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Curfew
Composer: George H. Knight
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1899 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations

English text

Solemnly, mournfully,
Dealing its dole,
The Curfew Bell
Is beginning to toll.

Cover the embers,
And put out the light;
Toil comes with the morning,
And rest with the night.

Dark grow the windows,
And quenched is the Cire;
Sound fades into silence,—
All footsteps retire.

No voice in the chambers,
No sound in the hall!
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all!