At that hour when all things have repose

At that hour when all things have repose,
    O lonely watcher of the skies, 
    Do you hear the night wind and the sighs 
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
    The pale gates of sunrise?

When all things repose, do you alone
    Awake to hear the sweet harps play 
    To Love before him on his way, 
And the night wind answering in antiphon
    Till night is overgone?

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
    Whose way in heaven is aglow 
    At that hour when soft lights come and go, 
Soft sweet music in the air above
    And in the earth below.

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , no title, from Chamber Music, no. 3, published 1907

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

by William A. Billingsley (1922-) , "At that hour when all things have repose" [tenor and piano], from James Joyce Songs, no. ?
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "At that hour", published 1955 [soprano, alto, and tenor soli, and string quartet], from Ten Poems, no. ?
by Tom Vernon Ritchie (1922-) , "At that hour when all things have repose" [voice and string quartet or piano], from Serenade, no. ?
by Irwin Spector (1916-) , "At that hour when all things have repose" [medium voice, oboe, viola, and piano], from Songs of Love and Music, no. ?
by John D. White (1931-) , "At that hour when all things have repose" [alto or baritone and piano], from Three Joyce Songs, no. ?

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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