Choral: No sad thought (Anonymous, set by R. Vaughan Williams) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


No sad thought his soul affright,
Sleep it is that maketh night;
Let no murmur nor rude wind
To his slumbers prove unkind:
But a quire of angels make
His dreams of heaven, and let him wake
To as many joys as can
In this world befall a man.

Promise fills the sky with light
[...]¹

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¹Note: the first stanza is by an anonymous author; the second is by U. Vaughan Williams and is under copyright.

Input by Ahmed E. Ismail

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Ursula Vaughan Williams, née Joan Ursula Penton Lock (1911-2007)

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

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

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