Draw on, sweet night (Anonymous, set by J. Wilbye) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Draw on, sweet night, best friend unto those cares
that do arise from painful melancholy;
my life so ill through want of comfort fares,
that unto thee I consecrate it wholly,
Sweet night, draw on. My griefs, when they be told
to shades and darkness, find some ease from paining;
and while thou all in silence dost enfold,
I then shall have best time for my complaining.

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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

John Wilbye (1574-1638)

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