Sleep now, O sleep now

Sleep now, O sleep now,
  O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
  Is heard in my heart.

The voice of the winter
  Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
  Is crying "Sleep no more."

My kiss will give peace now
  And quiet to your heart -
Sleep on in peace now,
  O you unquiet heart!

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 34, 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 David Arditti (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 19 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 19.
by Samuel Barber (1910-1981) , "Sleep now", op. 10 (Three Songs) no. 2, published 1939. [medium voice and piano]
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1951 [high voice and piano], from Six Songs to Poems of James Joyce, no. ?
by Brian Boydell (1917-2000) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1944. [soprano, oboe or violin, and orchestra]
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1964 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Unquiet Heart, no. ?
by Sergius Kagen (1909-1964) , "Sleep now", published 1951. [low voice and piano]
by Hugo Kauder (1888-1972) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1955 [soprano, alto, tenor, and string quartet], from Ten Poems, no. ?
by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1960 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber music, no. 8.
by Lee Marion Pattison (1890-1966) , "Sleep now", published 1926. [voice and piano]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) , "Unquiet heart", published 1959 [high or medium voice and piano], from James Joyce Songs, no. 1.
by Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1972 [low male voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?
by Tibor Serly (1901-1978) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1926 [mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra], from Four Songs from "Chamber Music", no. ?
by Gitta Steiner (1932-) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1970 [mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano], from Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano, no. ?
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Sleep now", op. 54 (Seven Songs) no. 2, published 1926. [voice and piano]
by Gerard Victory (1921-) , "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1954 [tenor, SATB chorus, and instruments], from Five Songs by James Joyce, no. ?

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