Vesper Hour, song, voice and piano, in G
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- Vesper Hour, song, voice and piano, in G
- Publication year listed
- 1888
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Vesper Hour, song, voice and piano, in G
Author: Beresford, Sidney
Year: 1888
[Solo] Slowly the waves come rippling in, / Over the sparkling strand, / As the fishermen gaily sail away / From all they love on land, / From all they love on land. / The Vesper bell is pealing / From the church on the hilltop nigh, / While pray’rs [prayers] from the loved ones kneeling, / Ascend to their God on high, / Ascend to their God on high. / The boatmen are calling Ahoy! Ahoy! / To their comrades whom the night doth hide; / The answer comes cheerily Ho! Ahoy! / Across the silent tide. [SATB] Hark! the Vesper hymn is stealing / O’er the waters soft and clear. / Hark! the Vesper hymn now ‘rising [arising], / Floats upon the evening air; / And the setting sun sinks downward, / Resting in a crimson glare. / Softly fading on the ear. [Solo] Gently the voices die away, / Over the dark’ning [darkening] shore, / As the crimson glow in the western sky, / Fades ever more and more, / Fades ever more and more. / Each moment the air grows darker, / The stars glitter here and there, / And the breeze scarce ripples the ocean / As the moon mounts up in the air, / The moon mounts up in the air. / The boatmen are calling Ahoy! Ahoy! / To their comrades whom the night doth hide, / The answe