Evening | Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray

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by John Milton (1608 - 1674)

Evening

(Sung text for setting by C. Ives)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRI GER

Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray 
Had in her sober livery all things clad;
Silence accompanied; for the beast and bird,
They to their grassy couch, these to their nests 
Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale;
She all night long her amorous descant sung;
Silence is pleased....

Composition:

Charles Edward Ives

Text Authorship:

by John Milton (1608 - 1674), no title, appears in Paradise Lost, Book 4, lines 598-604

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 49

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