It is the hour

It is the hour when from the boughs
   The nightingale's high note is heard --
It is the hour -- when lovers' vows
   Seem sweet in every whisper'd word --
And gentle winds and waters near
Make music to the lonely ear.
   Each flower the dews have lightly wet,
   And in the sky the stars are met:
And on the wave is deeper blue,
And on the leaf a browner hue --
   And in the Heaven, that clear obscure
   So softly dark -- and darkly pure,
That follows the decline of day
As twilight melts beneath the moon away.

by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) , "It is the hour", from Hebrew Melodies, no. 12, published 1815

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "It is the hour", published 181? [medium voice and piano]
by J. C. Beuthin , "It is the hour", published 1857 [three-part chorus of equal voice with piano], from Six Rounds for three equal voices, no. ?
by George Frederick Broadhead (1883-?) , "Music of a summer night", published 1937. [partsong for TTBB chorus a cappella]
by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851-1935) , "It is the hour", published 1892. [duet with piano]
by James Munro Coward (1824-1880) , "It is the hour", published 1871? [glee for four-part chorus and piano], from Ten Glees and a Madrigal for Four and Five Voices, no. ?
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854-1927) , "It is the hour", published 1909 [medium voice and piano], from Second Album of Lyrics, no. ?
by Charles Harry Fogg , "It is the hour", published 1899. [partsong for SATB chorus a cappella]
by Hélèn Heale (1855-) , "It is the hour", published 1890 [SSA chorus and piano ad libitum], from 24 Rounds, no. ?
by Isaac Nathan (1790-1864) , "It is the hour", published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 12.
by John Wright (1911-) , "It is the hour", 1974 [alto and orchestra or piano], from The Hesperus Songs, no. ?

Date added to the website: 2004-05-08.

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