How sweet the moonlight sleeps
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General information
Lyricist: William Shakespeare, from THe Merchant of Venice Act V, Scene 1.
Settings by composers
- David Emlyn Evans SATB
- Henry David Leslie SATB, with minor divisi
Texts and Translations
English text
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit and let the sounds of music
creep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night
become the touches of sweet harmony.