by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943)
A song of rest
Language: English
Day is for work and play, Day with its toil and heat, Night comes _ for night we pray, Night comes _ and night is sweet. Hard though the pilgrim way, Tired though the pilgrim feet, Rest comes _ to close our day, Rest comes _ and rest is sweet.
Authorship:
- by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "A song of rest" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-17
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