De Nieuwe Gids. Jaargang 33

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(All rights preserved)

Into the Silent Land
(Words from: ‘Salis’, translation by Longfellow)¹⁾
Music by Frederik van Werkhoven.

Aan mijn zus Willy.

In - to the
si - lent Land ah! who shall lead us yon-der
Clouds in the

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eve-ning-sky more dark - ly ga - ther.
And
shattered wrecks lie thick-er on the strand,
Who leads us
with a gen - tle hand.
Yon - der o yon - der

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In - to the si - lent Land.
In - to the si - lent Land,
To
you ye bound - less re-gions of all per-fec - tion

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Ten - der mor - ning vi - - sions
Of beau-ti-ous souls
The
Fu - tures pledge and band
Who in Life's bat - tle
firm doth stand.
Shall bear Hope's ten - der blos - som.

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In-to the si-lent Land.
O Land, o Land, For

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all the bro-ken heart-ed,
The mild-est he-rald by our
fate al - - lot - ted,
Beck - ons and with in-
vert-ed torch doth stand,
To lead us with a gen - tle

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hand,
To the land of the great De-
part - ed,
In - to the si - lent Land,
In - to the si - - lent Land.