Woodland Serenade (John W. Eggleston)

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• (Posted 2023-10-11)  CPDL #76252:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-11).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 613 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Woodland Serenade
Composer: John W. Eggleston
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca. 1890 Allan and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Softly slumber, sweetly rest,
By the summer airs caressed;
Twinkling stars, in heaven beaming,
Crescent moon, her radiance streaming,
All in Nature’s song unite,
“Welcome, welcome, peaceful night.”
Sleep, by summer airs caressed;
Softly slumber, sweetly rest.

From the groves, where shadows quiver
On the gently gliding river,
Plaintive notes of love are swelling,
Philomel her sorrows telling:
Fragrant flowerets without number,
Odours yield to soothe thy slumber;
Sleep through night and rosy dawning,
Till it brightens into morning.

John W. Eggleston