by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
A night song See original
Language: English
The young May moon is beaming; love, The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Through Morna's grove, When the drowsy world is dreaming, love! Then awake! The heavens look bright, my dear, 'Tis never too late for delight, ... And best of all ways To lengthen ... days Is to steal a few hours from the night, my my dear, When the drowsy world is dreaming, love! ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "A night song", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], from Sentimental Ballads, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The young May Moon", appears in Irish Melodies
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La jeune lune de mai", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 127