Description of Elysium | Sure on this shining night | Sure on this shining night

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Sure on this shining night

(Sung text for setting by S. Barber)

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Language: English

Our translations: SPA

Sure on this shining night
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Composition:

Samuel Barber

Four songs for voice and piano

Text Authorship:

by James Agee (1909 - 1955), "Description of Elysium", appears in Permit Me Voyage, stanzas 6-8, first published 1934, copyright ©

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

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