Stars of the summer night (James Stuart Vaughan)

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• (Posted 2023-12-14)  CPDL #78213:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 508 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Stars of the summer night
Composer: James Stuart Vaughan
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1866 F. Pitman
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Original text and translations

English text

SERENADE

Stars of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!

Moon of the summer night!
Far down yon western steeps,
Sink, sink in silver light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!

Wind of the summer night!
Where yonder woodbine creeps,
Fold, fold thy pinions light!
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!

Dreams of the summer night!
Tell her, her lover keeps
Watch, while in slumbers light
She sleeps!
My lady sleeps!
Sleeps!

From “The Spanish Student”