Six Two-Part Songs for Treble Voices

by Oliver Arthur King (1855 - 1923)

1. Day Dreams

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2. The Lyre and Flower

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3. Joy and Pleasure

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4. Now a Smile, and now a Frown

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Now a smile, and now a frown,/ Brightening now, and now cast down
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5. Elves of the Wild‑Wood

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6. Good Night  [sung text not yet checked]

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Day is past! 
Stars have set their watch at last, 
Founts that thro' the deep woods flow 
Make sweet sounds, unheard till now, 
Flowers have shut with fading light  --  
Good night!  

Go to rest! 
Sleep sit dove-like on thy breast! 
If within that secret cell 
One dark form of memory dwell, 
Be it mantled from thy sight  --  
Good night!  

Joy be thine! 
Kind looks o'er thy slumbers shine!  
Go, and in the spirit-land 
Meet thy home's long-parted band, 
Be thine eyes all love and light  --  
Good night!  

Peace to all!  
Dreams of heaven on mourners fall!  
Exile!  o'er thy couch, may gleams 
Pass from thine own mountain streams; 
Bard!  away to worlds more bright  --  
Good night!

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Confirmed with Felicia Dorothea (Browne) Hemans, National Lyrics, and Songs for Music, Dublin: William Curry jun. and Company, 1834, pages 253 - 254. Appears in Songs of Captivity.


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