The calm of the sea (Henry Hiles)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-27). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 678 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-02-27). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 152 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In English translation.
General Information
Title: The calm of the sea
Composer: Henry Hiles
Lyricist: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1880 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 13, no. 380
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Original text and translations
English text
Deeply still, without a motion,
Lies the bosom of the deep;
While each breeze that roams the ocean
On its surface seems to sleep.
Scarcely swells a single wave,
All is silent as the grave.
But Heav'n grows brighter, the clouds part asunder:
The billows break under her prow as she passes.
Loud murmurs the sea-breeze that slumbered before:
The ship spreads her pinions, and lo! 'tis the shore.
- Translation by C. E. Hampton