Lullaby for Sleep
SKU:
This setting of a new text by Laura Knight Cobb is subtle yet stunning. Accessible to advanced junior high mixed-ensembles, older choral groups will also enjoy and appreciate the beauty and charm this piece offers.
- Voicing: SATB ensemble
- Instrumentation: piano accompaniment, may also be performed a cappella
- Text Author: Laura Knight Cobb
- Duration: 3:00 minutes
- Publisher: Mysterium Music
This piece is also available as "Pie Jesu" with traditional Sacred Latin text.
TEXT
Lullaby to Thine Self
by Laura Knight Cobb
Cradle thy weary head
For night’s restless mind unfolds
Hushaby thine heavy eyes
Grant mercy for doubts consoled
Faintly heard in whispers
Angels sigh a reverie
May I stir not, till I wake
Neath the shadows of mystery
Wrap thee in soothing care
Silenced mind - release all woes
Bid surrender - oh stubborn will
Cease my wandering thoughts repose
The stars keep silent vigil
As I spin moon’s silver beams
To weave tapestries of illusion
In the cosmos of thy dreams…
by Laura Knight Cobb
Cradle thy weary head
For night’s restless mind unfolds
Hushaby thine heavy eyes
Grant mercy for doubts consoled
Faintly heard in whispers
Angels sigh a reverie
May I stir not, till I wake
Neath the shadows of mystery
Wrap thee in soothing care
Silenced mind - release all woes
Bid surrender - oh stubborn will
Cease my wandering thoughts repose
The stars keep silent vigil
As I spin moon’s silver beams
To weave tapestries of illusion
In the cosmos of thy dreams…