by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Good night! Good night, beloved!
Language: English
Good night! Good night, beloved! I come to watch o'er thee! To be near thee, -- to be near thee, Alone is peace for me. Thine eyes are stars of morning, Thy lips are crimson flowers! Good night! Good night beloved, While I count the weary hours. Ah! thou moon that shinest Argent-clear above! All night long enlighten My sweet lady-love! Moon that shinest, All night long enlighten! The nuns in the cloister Sang to each other; For so many sisters Is there not one brother! Ay, for the partridge, mother! The cat has run away with the partridge! Puss! puss! puss!
E. Nevin sets stanzas 1-2
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Song", appears in The Spanish Student, Act II, Scene 10 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [ baritone and men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Good night" [ voice and piano ], initials E. A. B., from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published >>1856 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. G. Barnard , "Good night, beloved", published 1870 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Good night" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862 - 1943), "Good night, beloved", published 1903 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles A. Chase , "Good night! Beloved", published 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Coes Chase , "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Cirillo , "Good night, beloved", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], ballad [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Whitney Coombs (1859 - 1940), "Serenade", op. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], also set in German [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sydney Dalton , "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), "Good-night!", published 1883-4 [ voice and piano ], also set in Italian [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Dickson (1819 - 1878), "Good night, beloved", published 1854 [ voice and piano ], London: Charles Jefferys [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Dormand , "Good night, beloved" [ voice and piano ], from Three Love Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Cliffe Forrester (1860 - 1941), "Serenade" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Gilder , "To be near thee", published 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Ralph Glover (1812 - 1870), "Good night, beloved", published >>1856 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. H. J. Graham , "Good night, beloved", published 1864 [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Jerome , "Serenade" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Tomlins Jones , "The Serenade from Longfellow's Spanish Student" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. S. Kimball , "Good night, beloved", published 1885 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Line Laciar (1874 - 1943), "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1916 [ partsong: TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederick Nicholls Lohr (1844 - 1888), "Good night, beloved" [ SSA trio and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Lewis Moir (1852 - ?), "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published >>1858 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edwin George Monk (1819 - 1900), "Good night, beloved!" [ partsong: TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Harold Neidlinger (1863 - 1924), "The weary hours", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Serenade", 1884, published 1888, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Edward Newell , "Good night" [ partsong: satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Perabeau , "Serenade", published >>1853 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Philp (1827 - 1885), "Good night, beloved", published >>1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ciro Ercole Pinsuti, Il Cavaliere (1829 - 1888), "Serenade", published 1887 [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Good night, beloved!", op. 23 no. 3, published 1894 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Protheroe (1866 - 1934), "Good night, beloved", op. 59 (Six Lyrics) no. 3, published 1901 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Henry Reed (1876 - 1942), "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1897 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reinhardt , "Good night, beloved, good night", published 186-? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by L. Schehlmann , "Good night! Good night, beloved!" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mae Silsby , "Good night, beloved", published >>1880 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. G. Sired , "Good night, beloved", published 1896 [ partsong: TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Ramsay Spence (1859 - 1946), "Good night! Good night, beloved!", published 1897 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas D. Sullivan , "Good night, beloved", published 1859 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Terschak (1832 - 1901), "Good night, beloved", published 1880 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-07-28
Line count: 21
Word count: 101