The curfew bell
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General information
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
Settings by composers
- Oliver Arthur King SAATTB (vv.1 & 2 only)
- Walter Cecil Macfarren SATB
- Henry Thomas Smart SATB (vv.1 & 2 only)
Texts and Translations
English text
1 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.
2 Dark grow the windows,
And quenched is the fire;
Sound fades into silence,--
All footsteps retire.
No voice in the chambers,
No sound in the hall!
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all!
3 Song sinks into silence,
The story is told,
The windows are darkened,
The hearth-stone is cold.
Darker and darker
The black shadows fall;
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all.