by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Draw on, sweet Night See base text
Language: English
Our translations: DUT
Draw on, sweet Night, best friend unto those cares That do arise from painful melancholy; My life so ill from want of comfort fares, That unto thee I consecrate it wholly. Sweet Night, draw on; my griefs, when they be told To shades and darkness, find some ease from paining; And while thou all in silence dost enfold, I then shall have best time for my complaining.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Draw on, sweet Night", from Birthday Madrigals, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 67