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How Beautiful is Night
by Robert Southey
How beautiful is night!
A dewy freshness fills the silent air;
No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain
Breaks the serene of heaven:
In full-orbed glory yonder Moon divine
Rolls through the dark-blue depths.
Beneath her steady ray
The desert-circle spreads,
Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky.
How beautiful is night!
Sheet Music
Three Early Songs
Composer(s): George Crumb
Song(s): 1. Night
2. Let It Be Forgotten
3. Wind Elegy