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} | Where sunless rivers weep | ||
Their waves into the deep, | |||
She sleeps a charmed sleep: | |||
Awake her not. | |||
Led by a single star, | |||
She came from very far | |||
To seek where shadows are | |||
Her pleasant lot. | |||
She left the rosy morn, | |||
She left the fields of corn, | |||
For twilight cold and lorn | |||
And water springs. | |||
Thro' sleep, as thro' a veil, | |||
She sees the sky look pale, | |||
And hears the nightingale | |||
That sadly sings. | |||
Rest, rest, a perfect rest | |||
Shed over brow and breast; | |||
Her face is t'ward the west, | |||
The purple land. | |||
She cannot see the grain | |||
Rip'ning on hill and plain; | |||
She cannot feel the rain | |||
Upon her hand. | |||
Rest, rest, for evermore | |||
Upon a mossy shore; | |||
Rest, rest at the heart’s core | |||
Till time shall cease: | |||
Sleep that no pain shall wake; | |||
Night that no morn shall break, | |||
Till joy shall overtake | |||
Her perfect peace.}} | |||
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-06-28). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 150 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
General Information
Title: Where sunless rivers weep
Composer: Charles Legh Naylor
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1892 The Orpheus (New series) no.250
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Original text and translations
English text
Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmed sleep:
Awake her not.
Led by a single star,
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her pleasant lot.
She left the rosy morn,
She left the fields of corn,
For twilight cold and lorn
And water springs.
Thro' sleep, as thro' a veil,
She sees the sky look pale,
And hears the nightingale
That sadly sings.
Rest, rest, a perfect rest
Shed over brow and breast;
Her face is t'ward the west,
The purple land.
She cannot see the grain
Rip'ning on hill and plain;
She cannot feel the rain
Upon her hand.
Rest, rest, for evermore
Upon a mossy shore;
Rest, rest at the heart’s core
Till time shall cease:
Sleep that no pain shall wake;
Night that no morn shall break,
Till joy shall overtake
Her perfect peace.