Nocturn (Richard Henry Walthew)

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• (Posted 2023-12-15)  CPDL #78245:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-15).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 549 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Nocturn
Composer: Richard Henry Walthew
Lyricist: D. Donaldson^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The mists are wreathing round the trees,
A scent is borne upon the breeze,
The glowing clouds begin to pale,
’Tis now the timid nightingale,
Beneath the dew-bespangled yew,
Chants her sweet nocturn unto Pan,
Listen, dear love.

The moon is rising o’er the hill,
And all within the wood is still;
Come, love, with me along the vale,
To hear the lovelorn nightingale,
Beneath the dew-bespangled yew,
Telling her secrets unto Pan,
Listen, dear love.

Of Hope that bursts his prison bars,
And soars with Love among the stars;
A solace sweeter e’en than death,
She tells us as with heavenly breath,
Beneath the dew-bespangled yew,
She sings her Pæan unto Pan,
Listen, dear love.