Art Song Central

Title: Let Beauty Awake (from Songs of Travel)

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Free at Art Song Central (PDF files):

• Vaughan Williams - Let Beauty Awake
• Key: F♯ Dorian (E Major)
• Range: E4 - E5
• Source: Songs of Travel

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Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams,
Beauty awake from rest!
Let Beauty awake
For Beauty’s sake
In the hour when the birds awake in the brake
And the stars are bright in the west!

Let Beauty awake in the eve from the slumber of day,
Awake in the crimson eve!
In the day’s dusk end
When the shades ascend,
Let her wake to the kiss of a tender friend,
To render again and receive!

• Recmusic.org has texts and translations.

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