Wake, dearest love! (Westley F. Richards)

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• (Posted 2023-12-01)  CPDL #77776:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 616 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Wake, dearest love!
Composer: Westley F. Richards
Lyricist: Thomas Haynes Bayly
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 Lamborn Cock & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Wake, dearest love! the moon is bright;
Dream not away so sweet a night;
When clouds come on, repose at ease.
But do not waste nights fair as these:
The very birds are all awake!
The swan is roused and skims the lake!
The world’s so bright, the summer bee
Believes ’tis noon! –then come to me!

Oh! ’tis the time for serenades!
When the moon peeps thro’ orange shades,
Guitars and voices gain a tone
Of sweet enchantment, not their own!
There’s a wild cadence in the breeze!
A murmur in the trembling trees!
The silver ripple of the sea
Has music in it! –come to me!

And few such nights are left us now;
The yellow tint is on the bough;
The farewell whisper summer gives
Just curls the lake, just fans the leaves.
Too soon will wane the harvest moon,
The latest rose will fade too soon;
But in my heart there still will be
A summer– if you’ll come to me!