by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
The lark is silent in his nest
Language: English
The lark is silent in his nest, The breeze is sighing in its flight, Sleep, Love, and peaceful be thy rest. Good-night, my love, good-night, good-night. Sweet dreams attend thee in thy sleep, To soothe thy rest till morning's light, And angels round thee vigil keep. Good-night, my love, good-night, good-night. Sleep well, my love, on night's dark breast, And ease thy soul with slumber bright; Be joy but thine and I am blest. Good-night, my love, good-night, good-night.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Good-Night", appears in Majors and Minors, first published 1895 [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 Wynn Leo Boyd (b. 1902), "Slumber song", published 1964 [ voice and piano ], in the collection American Art Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Goodnight", 1994, from Four Love Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Good Night", 1987 [ voice and piano ], from Five Dunbar Lyrics, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by N. Clark Smith , "Good-Night", published 1923 [ voice, piano, and violoncello obbligato ], from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 79