by Isaac Bickerstaff (1733 - 1812?)
Sleep, gentle cherub
Language: English
Sleep, gentle cherub, sleep descend, Thy healing wings protective spread, And o’er his sacred temples bend, Bend, o bend, their salutary shade.
Authorship:
- by Isaac Bickerstaff (1733 - 1812?) [author's text not yet checked 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 Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778), "Sleep, gentle cherub" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-10
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Word count: 22