Song

Where shall the lover rest,
  Whom the fates sever
From his true maiden's breast,
  Parted for ever?
Where, through groves deep and high,
  Sounds the far billow,
Where early violets die,
  Under the willow.

CHORUS.
 Eleu loro, &c. Soft shall be his pillow.

There, through the summer day,
  Cool streams are laving;
There, while the tempests sway,
  Scarce are boughs waving;
There, thy rest shalt thou take,
  Parted for ever,
Never again to wake,
  Never, O never!

CHORUS.
 Eleu loro, &c. Never, O never!

Where shall the traitor rest,
  He the deceiver,
Who could win maiden's breast,
  Ruin, and leave her ?
In the lost battle,
  Borne down by the flying,
Where ingles wars rattle,
  With groans of the dying;

CHORUS.
 Eleu loro, &c. Soft shall be his pillow.

Her wing shall the eagle flap,
  O'er the false hearted,
This warm blood the wolf shall lap,
  E're life be parted.
Shame and dishonor sit
  By his grave ever,
Blessing shall hallow it
  Never, O never !

CHORUS.
 Eleu loro, &c. Soft shall be his pillow.

by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) , "Song", from Marmion, in Canto Third - The Hostel, or Inn, no. 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 Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1843. [two soli, four-part men's chorus, and piano or harp]
by Frederic Austin (1872-1952) , "Where shall the lover rest?", published 1926. [partsong: SATB a cappella]
by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1914. [partsong: SSAATTBB a cappella]
by F. Learmont Drysdale (1866-1909) , "Where shall the lover rest", <<1909. [voice and piano]
by Alan Gray (1855-1935) , "Eleu Loro", published 1901. [voice and piano]
by William Henry Hadow, Sir (1859-1937) , "Where shall the lover rest?", published c1897 [voice and piano], from An Album of Five Songs
by John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886) , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1879. [partsong: SATB and piano]
by Hugh Hughes , "Where shall the lover", published 1938. [partsong: TTBB a cappella], also set in Welsh
by Louis Charles Jansen (1774?-1840) , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1820? [voice and piano]
by Noel Johnson , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1892. [partsong: TTBB and piano]
by Barham Livius , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1810? [high voice, SATB, and piano]
by Count Joseh Mazzinghi (1760?-1844) , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1808. [glee: three voices and piano]
by Haydn Morris (1891-1965) , "Eleu Loro", <<1965, published 19--? [TTBB a cappella]
by Edward Davidson Palmer (fl. 1885) , "Where shall the lover rest?", published 1872. [alto and piano]
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "Where shall the lover rest, whom the fates sever from his true maiden's breast", 1881-1883, published 1885, from English Lyrics, set 1 no. 3
by David Deane Roche , "Where shall the lover rest?", published 1815? [voice and piano]
by Thomas Upward , "Where shall the lover rest?", published 1874. [voice and piano]
by Ogle Wintle , "Where shall the lover rest", published 1872. [partsong: SATB and piano]

by Hugh Hughes , "Ble caiff y corwr fedd", published 1938. [partsong: TTBB a cappella], also set in English

by Georg Vierling (1820-1901) , "Wer soll der Getreue ruh'n", op. 13 (6 Gedichte) no. ? (<<1901). [voice and piano]

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