by Thomas Browne, Sir (1605 - 1682)
Translation
The night is come
Language: English  after the English
The night is come, like to the day, Depart not thou, great God, away; On thee, O Lord, I do repose, Protect me from my watchful foes. So shall I securely lay, And sweetly pass the hours away. Chorus In heav'nly dreams my soul advance, O make my sleep a holy trance. Sleep is a death, O let me try, By sleeping, how it is to die.
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It is based on
- a text in English by Thomas Browne, Sir (1605 - 1682), no title, appears in Religio Medici, from the Second Part
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "The night is come", subtitle: "An evening hymn", ZD. 77 , from Harmonia Sacra, anonymous in the collection but attributed to Purcell by Vincent Novello [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Athony Burton
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-30
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Word count: 67