by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907)
O cease, sweet music, let us rest!
Language: English
O cease, sweet music, let us rest! Too soon the hateful light is born; Henceforth let day be counted night, And midnight called the morn. O cease, sweet music, let us rest! A tearful, languid spirit lies, Like the dim scent in violets, In beauty's gentle eyes. There is a sadness in sweet sound That quickens tears. O music, lest We weep with thy strange sorrow, cease! Be still, and let us rest.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, in Two Songs from the Persian, no. 1, first published 1863 [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 Henry Pommer (1851 - 1937), "Song from the Persian", published 1892 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Ivanovich Sternberg (1852 - 1924), "O cease! sweet music!", published 1888 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 73