When Twilight’s parting flush (Henry Lahee)

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• (Posted 2023-11-07)  CPDL #77067:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-07).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 234 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: When Twilight’s parting flush
Composer: Henry Lahee
Lyricist: Horace Smith
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1876 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

When twilight’s parting flush
Turns to the purple shadows dim,
And the sea, with gentle hush,
Breathes a dulcet vesper hymn,
’Tis sweet to hear the breeze
Join in the lullaby above—
But, oh! more sweet than these
Is the voice of one we love.