When twilight dews are falling soft (William Mason (1829-1908))
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- (Posted 2023-11-14) CPDL #77302:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 194 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: When twilight dews are falling soft
Composer: William Mason (1829-1908)
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1850 Mason & Law
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Original text and translations
English text
When twilight dews are falling soft
Upon the rosy sea, love!
I watch the star, whose beam so oft
Has lighted me to thee, love!
And thou, too, on that orb so dear,
Ah, dost thou gaze at even,
And think, though lost for ever here,
Thou’lt yet be mine in Heaven.
There’s not a garden walk I tread,
There’s not a flower I see, love!
But brings to mind some hope that’s fled,
Some joy I’ve lost with thee, love!
And still I wish that hour was near,
When, friends and foes forgiven,
The pains, the ills we’ve wept through here,
May turn to smiles in Heaven.