Asian Sketches 1 - Night in the Villa by the River
Robert Charles Howard - Robert Howard
Asian Sketches 1 - Night in the Villa by the River
A cappella
Publisher Desc.
Night in the Villa by the River is the first of a set of four a cappella choral works scored for SATB chorus The other choruses in the set are: 2. My thoughts are with a Boat (TTBB) 3. A Still Pool (SSA) 4. My Love is Like the Grasses (SATB)
Recording, by permission of the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (Philip Barnes, conductor_; from the SLCC CD "Singing St. Louis". Recording may not be used or copied except by prior licensing from SLCC. www.chamberchorus.org
Text:
Twilight comes down the mountain
To the villa next the dyke.
By caves on high
the light clouds pitch their tents.
The moon turns over in the waves.
In silence left by flight of cranes
The wolves at feast howl
While the fears of war-time
Prevent sleep from men
Powerless to adjust the spheres.
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