by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)
Most Holy Night, that still dost keep
Language: English
Most Holy Night, that still dost keep The keys of all the doors of sleep, To me when my tired eyelids close Give thou repose. And let the far lament of them That chaunt the dead day's requiem Make in my ears, who wakeful lie, Soft lullaby. Let them that guard the hornèd moon By my bedside their memories croon. So shall I have new dreams and blest In my brief rest. Fold your great wings about my face, Hide dawning from my resting-place, And cheat me with your false delight, Most Holy Night.
I. Gurney sets stanzas 1, 3-4
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Authorship:
- by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The night", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Frederick Barlow (1927 - 1975), "The night" [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert James Berkeley Fleming (1921 - 1976), "The night", 1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert James Berkeley Fleming (1921 - 1976), "The night" [ duet with piano ], from Three duets, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harry Gill (1897 - 1887), "The night", published 1943 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Most Holy Night", 1920, published 1959, stanzas 1,3-4 [ voice and piano ], revised 1925 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984), "Most Holy Night", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], London : Augener [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Hind , "Most Holy Night", published 1955 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Most Holy Night" [ SSATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "The night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Archie James Potter (b. 1918), "The night", published 1952 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs of Hilaire Belloc [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Night", op. 50 (1944) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Night", op. 178 (1948) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901 - 1986), "The Night", op. 14 (Two Songs) no. 1 (1925), published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bryceson Treharne (1879 - 1948), "The night", published 1917 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "The Night", 1927, published 1927 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Belloc Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 94