It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard -- It is the hour -- when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word -- And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met: And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue -- And in the Heaven, that clear obscure So softly dark -- and darkly pure, That follows the decline of day As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
Six Rounds for three equal voices
Song Cycle by J. C. Beuthin
?. It is the hour  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "It is the hour", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 12, first published 1815
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "C'est l'heure", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 12
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