A cradle song
Language:
English
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming o'er the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep, in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.
As thy softest limbs I feel,
Smiles as of the morning steal
O'er thy cheek, and o'er thy breast
Where thy little heart does rest.
O! the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep.
When thy little heart does wake
Then the dreadful lightnings break,
From thy cheek and from thy eye,
O'er the youthful harvests nigh.
Infant wiles and infant smiles
Heaven and Earth of peace beguiles.
Input by Geoffrey Wieting
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
by H. Hurlbutt Albino
, "Cradle song", published c1930. [three-part chorus for equal voices] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by (Thomas) Athanasios Aronis (1935-)
, "Cradle song", from Blake Song Cycle, no. 3. ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by (Archie Thomas) Lee Ashton (1873-)
, "Cradle song", published c1925. [two-part song for women's voices] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990)
, "A cradle song", 1948 [two-part treble chorus and piano], from Four innocent airs, no. 4. ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)
, "Beauty bright", published 1922. [partsong: SS and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
, "A Cradle Song", op. 41 no. 1, published 1949, stanzas 1-2,4-5 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from A Charm of Lullabies, no. 1. ![[setting text verified]](/images/ball.green.gif)
by Harry Brook (1893-?)
, "Sleep, sleep, beauty bright", published 1927. [partsong for two-part women's chorus and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by John Callis Brydson (1900-)
, "A cradle song", published 1938. [SSA and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by (Thomas) Frederick Handel Candlyn (1892-1964)
, "Sleep, beauty bright", published 1949. [trio of women's voices with piano accompaniment] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
, "A cradle-song", published 1912. ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by John Chorbajian (1936-)
, "A cradle song", published 1977. [four-part women's chorus (SSAA), piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
, "Cradle song", published 1929. [voice and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Duncan W. Dearle
, "Sleep, sleep, beauty bright", published 1927. [partsong: SSA a cappella] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877-1946)
, "Sleep, sweet babe", published 1901. [voice and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Paul N. Edmonds
, "Sleep, sleep, beauty bright", published 1924. [partsong: SSA and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Eleanor Everest Freer (1864-1942)
, "Cradle song", op. 4 no. 1, published 1905 [voice and piano], from A Book of Songs, no. 1. ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)
, "Lullaby", op. 3, published 1914. [voice and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Richard Hageman (1882-1966)
, "Little sorrows", published c1924 [high voice and piano], Philadelphia, Th. Presser Co. ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Philip Hagemann
, "Sweet babe", published c1977 [soprano, SATB chorus, and keyboard], Tarpinian Music Associates & Intrepid Music ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874-1949)
, "A slumber song", op. 13 (Seven songs) no. 2 (1913), published 1920. [voice and piano] ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Arthur Martinus Hartmann (1881-1956)
, "Sleep, beauty bright (Cradle Song)", published c1911 [high voice and piano], Boston, White-Smith Music Publ. Co. ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
, "A cradle song", op. 3 (Six Songs) no. 4, published 1885 [high voice and piano], London, Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Huub de Lange (1955-)
, "Cradle song", published 2007 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Four Blake Songs, no. 1. ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
by Sven Lekberg (1899-1984)
, "Little sorrows sit and weep", published c1971 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella], New York, G. Schirmer ![[setting text needs to be verified]](/images/ball.red.gif)
by Alexander Paucker (1905-1972)
, "Cradle song", published 1952 [SSA chorus and piano], under the pseudonym Francis Chagrin ![[setting text not yet verified]](/images/ball.white.gif)
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