by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
At that hour when all things have repose
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
At that hour when all things have repose,
O lonely watcher of the skies,
Do you hear the night wind and the sighs
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
The pale gates of sunrise?
When all things repose, do you alone
Awake to hear the sweet harps play
To Love before him on his way,
And the night wind answering in antiphon
Till night is overgone?
Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below.
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Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 3, first published 1907 [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 William A. Billingsley (b. 1922), "At that hour when all things have repose" [ tenor and piano ], from James Joyce Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "At that hour", from Four Settings of James Joyce, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "At that hour when all things have repose", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 3, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972), "At that hour", published 1955 [ soprano, alto, and tenor soli, and string quartet ], from Ten Poems [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tom Vernon Ritchie (b. 1922), "At that hour when all things have repose" [ voice and string quartet or piano ], from Serenade [sung text not yet checked]
- by Barry Seaman (b. 1946), "At that hour when all things have repose ", 1981 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music Book I, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irwin Spector (b. 1916), "At that hour when all things have repose" [ medium voice, oboe, viola, and piano ], from Songs of Love and Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "Chamber Music", op. 41 (Songs) no. 6 (2014), first performed 2014 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John David White (b. 1931), "At that hour when all things have repose" [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Three Joyce Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 100