by Charles G. Eastman (1816 - 1860)
Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair
Language: English
Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair, Her cheek on the pillow pressed, Sweetly she sleeps, while her Saxon hair, Like sunlight, streams o'er her breast. Hush! let her sleep! I pray, sweet breeze, Breathe low on the maple bough! Hush! bright bird, on her window trees! For sweetly she sleepest now. Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair, Her cheek on the pillow pressed, Sweetly she sleeps, while her Saxon hair, Like sunlight, streams o'er her breast. Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair, Her cheek like the first May rose, Sweetly she sleeps, and all her care Is forgotten in soft repose. Hush! though the earliest beams of light Their wings in the blue sea dip, Let her sleep, I pray, while her dreams are bright, And a smile is about her lip. Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair, Her cheek on the pillow pressed, Sweetly she sleeps, while her Saxon hair, Like sunlight, streams o'er her breast.
Authorship:
- by Charles G. Eastman (1816 - 1860) [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 Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair", published 1851. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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