Song

 Good night! Good night, beloved!
  I come to watch o'er thee!
To be near thee, -- to be near thee,
  Alone is peace for me.

Thine eyes are stars of morning,
  Thy lips are crimson flowers!
Good night! Good night beloved,
  While I count the weary hours.

 Ah! thou moon that shinest
  Argent-clear above!
All night long enlighten
  My sweet lady-love!
  Moon that shinest,
All night long enlighten!

 The nuns in the cloister
  Sang to each other;
For so many sisters
  Is there not one brother!
Ay, for the partridge, mother!
The cat has run away with the partridge!
  Puss! puss! puss!

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) , "Song", from The Spanish Student, Act II, Scene 10

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

by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819-1885) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [baritone and men's chorus]
by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Good night" [voice and piano], initials E. A. B., from Two Songs
by Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published >>1856. [voice and piano]
by J. G. Barnard , "Good night, beloved", published 1870.
by John Blockley (1800-1882) , "Good night" [voice and piano]
by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862-1943) , "Good night, beloved", published 1903. [high voice and piano]
by Charles A. Chase , "Good night! Beloved", published 1897. [voice and piano]
by Charles Coes Chase , "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [high voice and piano]
by Vincenzo Cirillo , "Good night, beloved", published 1874. [ballad for voice and piano]
by Charles Whitney Coombs (1859-1940) , "Serenade", op. 3, published 1883 [voice and piano], also set in German
by Sydney Dalton , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1918. [voice and piano]
by Luigi Denza (1846-1922) , "Good-night!", published 1883-4 [voice and piano], also set in Italian
by Ellen Dickson (1819-1878) , "Good night, beloved", published >>1848. [voice and piano]
by Frederic Dormand , "Good night, beloved" [voice and piano], from Three Love Songs
by James Cliffe Forrester (1860-1941) , "Serenade" [voice and piano]
by Frank Gilder , "To be near thee", published 1879. [voice and piano]
by Stephen Ralph Glover (1812-1870) , "Good night, beloved", published >>1856.
by W. H. J. Graham , "Good night, beloved", published 1864.
by H. Jerome , "Serenade" [voice and piano]
by William Noel Johnson (1863-?) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [voice and piano], from Four Songs
by J. Tomlins Jones , "The Serenade from Longfellow's Spanish Student" [voice and piano]
by E. S. Kimball , "Good night, beloved", published 1885.
by Samuel Line Laciar (1874-1943) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1916. [partsong: TTBB a cappella]
by Frederick Nicholls Lohr (1844-1888) , "Good night, beloved" [trio: SSA and piano]
by Frank Lewis Moir (1852-?) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published >>1858. [baritone and piano]
by Edwin George Monk (1819-1900) , "Good night, beloved!" [partsong: TTBB a cappella]
by William Harold Neidlinger (1863-1924) , "The weary hours", published 1904 [voice and piano], from Six Songs
by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) , "Good-night! Good-night beloved!", published 1888. [voice and piano]
by Joseph Edward Newell , "Good night" [partsong: SATB a cappella]
by Henry Perabeau , "Serenade", published >>1853.
by Elizabeth Philp (1827-1885) , "Good night, beloved", published >>1855. [voice and piano]
by Ciro Pinsuti (1829-1888) , "Serenade", published 1887. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866-1934) , "Good night, beloved!", op. 23 no. 3, published 1894. [tenor and piano]
by Daniel Protheroe (1866-1934) , "Good night, beloved", op. 59 (Six Lyrics) no. 3, published 1901. [tenor and piano]
by William Henry Reed (1876-1942) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1897. [quartet: TTBB a cappella]
by Carl Reinhardt , "Good night, beloved, good night", published 186-? [voice and piano]
by L. Schehlmann , "Good night! Good night, beloved!"
by Mae Silsby , "Good night, beloved", published >>1880.
by W. G. Sired , "Good night, beloved", published 1896. [partsong: TTBB a cappella]
by William Ramsay Spence (1859-1946) , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1897. [quartet: TTBB a cappella]
by Thomas D. Sullivan , "Good night, beloved", published 1859.
by Adolf Terschak (1832-1901) , "Good night, beloved", published 1880.
by Adolf Terschak (1832-1901) , "Good night, beloved", published 1880.

Date added to the website: 2005-07-28.

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