Goddess of Night

Calm with the calm of all old earth has taken
To her peaceful breast
And will not waken,
Pale with passion of Life that never dies;
You sit there watching us,
Watching us with with clear bright eyes.

by Frederick William Harvey (1888-1957)

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

by Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983) , "Goddess of Night", 1920.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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