Night
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Publication Information
Published in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905)
Performed by Herbert Woodward Martin
Musical Settings
Henry Cowell, Night (TTBBB chorus, falsetto or boys' chorus ad libitum, a cappella) (January 1950)
Reginald Evans, Night (January 2007)
Recommended Citation
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, "Night" (1905). Dunbar Music Archive. 158.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dunbar/158
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Text
Silence, and whirling worlds afar
Through all encircling skies.
What floods come o'er the spirit's bar,
What wondrous thoughts arise.
The earth, a mantle falls away,
And, winged, we leave the sod;
Where shines in its eternal sway
The majesty of God.