Stars of the summer night

General information

Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Notes on selected settings

• Thomas Dunhill SSA (vv.1-2 & 4)
• Isaac Woodbury SATB (vv.1-2 & 4)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Frederick N. Baxter — Stars of the summer night  English SATB
• Thomas Dunhill — The summer night  English SSA
• John Liptrot Hatton — Stars of the summer night  English SATB, ATTB
• Ernest Edwin Mitchell — My Lady sleeps  English SATB
• Henry Thomas Smart — Stars of the summer night  English SATBB
• Berthold Tours — Stars of the summer night  English SATB
• Isaac Woodbury — Stars of the summer night  English SATB

Texts and Translations

English text

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

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

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

4  Dreams of the summer night!
Tell her, her lover keeps watch!
While in slumbers light
She sleeps, my lady sleeps!