Sleep, dear one, sleep (Sydney S. Bartlett)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-19). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 330 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Sleep, dear one, sleep
Composer: Sydney S. Bartlett
Lyricist: William Wilsey Martin
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1895 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations
English text
Sleep, dear one, sleep; day loiters in the west,
The bridegroom, night, is wooing her to rest;
Dream, loved one, dream, the day beyond the sea
Dreams of the night; so, darling, dream of me.
Dream, darling, dream of me!
Sleep, dear one, sleep; day rests with all her charms,
And eager night enfolds her in his arms;
Dream, loved one, dream; as day of night in sleep,
So dream of me, whose love is wide and deep.
Dream, darling, love is deep.