The Evening-Watch - Holst, Gustav

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⌛ Period → 20th Century ◈ Genre → Anthems

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSAATTBB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range E2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 51

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 85747

Editor Nalei HU

Posted 2025-07-02

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

D4 – G5

C4 – E5

Tenor Solo

D3 – D#5

E2 – D#4

¶Lyrics / Text

BODY: Farewell! I go to sleep; but when The day-star springs, I’ll wake again. SOUL: Go, sleep in peace; and when thou liest Unnumber’d in thy dust, when all this frame Is but one dram, and what thou now descriest In sev’ral parts shall want a name, Then may his peace be with thee, and each dust Writ in his book, who ne’er betray’d man’s trust! BODY: Amen! but hark, ere we two stray How many hours dost think ’till day? SOUL: Ah go; th’art weak, and sleepy. Heav’n Is a plain watch, and without figures winds All ages up; who drew this circle, even He fills it; days and hours are blinds. Yet this take with thee. The last gasp of time Is thy first breath, and man’s eternal prime.