Song of the Night

Song Cycle by Samuel Harold Oakley

?. Sun of the sleepless [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star!
Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far!
That show'st the darkness thou canst not dispel,
How like art thou to joy remember'd well!
So gleams the past, the light of other days,
Which shines, but warms not with its powerless rays;
A nightbeam Sorrow watcheth to behold,
Distinct, but distant - clear - but, oh how cold!

Text Authorship:

by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Sun of the sleepless", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 24, first published 1815

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "Soleil des hommes qui ne peuvent dormir", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 24

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 60