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Benjamin Jacob
(1778 - 1829)
Stay, O stay, thou lovely shade
(T.T.B. or S.S.B.)
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Jacob held the post of organist at Surrey Chapel when he published this serious glee.
Lyrics: William Hayley
Stay, O stay, thou lovely shade,
Brought by sleep to sorrow's aid.
Ah, the sweet illusion ends.
Light and reason, cruel friends;
Bid me not, with frantic care,
Vainly worship fleeting air.
Night return on rapid wing,
Round my head thy poppies fling.
Hateful day, thy reign be brief;
Darkness is the friend of grief.
Could'st thou, sleep, my dreams restore,
I should wish to sleep no more.
Stay, O stay, thou lovely shade,
Brought by sleep to sorrow's aid.
Ah, the sweet illusion ends.
Light and reason, cruel friends;
Bid me not, with frantic care,
Vainly worship fleeting air.
Night return on rapid wing,
Round my head thy poppies fling.
Hateful day, thy reign be brief;
Darkness is the friend of grief.
Could'st thou, sleep, my dreams restore,
I should wish to sleep no more.