A song of rest (Henry Walford Davies)

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• (Posted 2021-12-10)  CPDL #67101:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-12-10).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 198 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: A song of rest
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1927
Description: Novello's Octavo edition of Trios etc. for Female Voices no.521

Original text and translations

English text

Rest on the hills,
Rst in the trees,
Rest in the wandering, whispering breeze;
"Rest," the sun cries,
As he dies in the sky:
"Rest to you all, for the darkness is nigh."

Cloudless the heavens,
Silent the earth,
Come, peaceful night, to approve the day's worth;
Night is approaching,
"Rest," the sun calls
As he falls out of sight:
Rest to us all through the darkness of night.