Night

"Night" is the first song of Lee Hoiby's song cycle Night Songs: Four Poems of Adelaide Crapsey.
The song cycle is published by Classical Vocal Reprints.

Date: 1996Composer: Lee HoibyText: Adelaide CrapseySong Collection: Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey

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Text

Night
by Adelaide Crapsey

I have minded me
Of the noon-day brightness,
And the cricket’s drowsy
Singing in the sunshine…

I have minded me
Of the slim marsh-grasses
That the winds at twilight,
Dying, scarcely ripple…

And I cannot sleep.

I have minded me
Of a lily-pond,
Where the waters sway
All the moonlit leaves
And the curled long stems…

And I cannot sleep.

Sheet Music

Night Songs: Four Poems of A. Crapsey

Composer(s): Lee Hoiby

Voice Type: High

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