Judith

Sleep, gentle cherub, sleep descend,
Thy healing wings protective spread,
And o’er his sacred temples bend,
Bend, o bend, their salutary shade.

Text Authorship:

• by Isaac Bickerstaff (1733 - 1812?) [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):

Set by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778)
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson