They Lie at Rest

They Lie at Rest They lie at rest, our blessed dead; The dew drops cool above their head, They knew not when fleet summer fled.

Together all, yet each alone; Each laid at rest beneath his own Smooth turf and white allotted stone.

When shall our slumber sink so deep?

And eyes that wept and eyes that weep Weep not in the sufficient sleep?

God be with you, our great and small, Our loves, our best beloved of all, Our own beyond the salt sea-wall.

Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894)

for Gretchen Kemp and the East Ridge High School Concert Choir and Terri Jo Fox and the Lake Minneola High School Choirs

They Lie at Rest

Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) q = 66

  SOPRANO   

p

 lie

at

rest,



 

  

They

lie

at

rest,

   

TENOR



5

bless - ed

  



bless - ed

    bless

 - ed

 p





lie

at

rest,

 



  

our mf

lie

at

rest,

 



  

lie

at

rest,

 



  



 

mf



   

our

 



 

our



mf





 



dead;

 



  

 

  

 

  







   

 

  The



dead;

 

 

The

dead;

 

  

 The



 



dew drops

 

  



cool

a

  



   



cool

a

 



  



cool

a

  



cool

a

dew drops

dew drops



    

 

   



 

   



   

   

 

  



 

 

 

  



mf

they

    

bless - ed

  

 

our

p





they

 



  

  

 

they

q = 66

   



 



  BASS  

(for rehearsal only)

  

They p

  

ALTO

 

DENNIS TOBENSKI (2013)



dead;

 The

  



dew drops

  -

bove their

  -

-

   head,

  



  

bove their

 

mf



bove their

  -







head,

head,

  



 

 

they



 



 

they

they



 

bove their

head,

they



   



   



 

 

  



  

 



Copyright © 2013 by Dennis Tobenski. All Rights Reserved.

6

  

p



11

know

  

not

   know

 

  

not

    know

not

when

  

 

    

    

 

   

   15

mp sub.

To

-

 ge

 -

 

To

-

mp sub.

   To

-

mp sub.

  



To

-



ge

-

 ge



ge



-

-







  





4:3

fleet





fled. f

  







 



p



  





all,











all,

 



all,



ther





all,



yet

  

each

 



  

 



  

 

yet

each

a



  

yet

each

 

yet

each

 

 









   

  

 

 



 



 

  



f

4:3





fled.

4:3

 

mp sub.

fled. f

sum - mer





fled. f

sum - mer



ther



4:3

fleet p

ther





sum - mer



ther

mp sub.



   

4:3

fleet p

  



  

sum - mer



when

  





fleet p

when

not

know



when

   

f

4:3

a

a

a

    





   -

-

-

lone;

  



  



lone;

lone;

   -





lone;

   



 



7

  

mf



 



at

 





 

laid

at

19



Each

laid

at

 



rest

be

-

mf

 

Each

   Each



laid



rest

be

mf



-

rest

be

mf



rest

be

 

neath

 

neath

 

 -

neath

laid

at

 





  

 

  

 

 



  



   





Each

   

or



 

white

al



23

turf

 



turf

or



 

white

al

    turf



 



or

white

al



 





   

turf

or

    





mf

   



-

neath

 -

-

lot



lot

-

-

 -

lot

-



white

al

-

lot





 

 

  

 



-

his

own



 



 

his

own

his

own



 

  

 



 

his



 





ted

stone.





ted

stone.





ted

stone.





ted

stone.



  

 

Smooth



 

Smooth



 

Smooth

 



 

Smooth



own



 









  



 



 



 



 









8

p    

 

26

When

shall

p

  

 

p

 

When

shall

    When   





our

  

slum - ber

sink

our



 

so

  

   

deep,





  

sink

so



  





  



  

slum - ber

sink

so

deep,

p

  

 

 



slum - ber

 



  



deep,

 so

   

  

  

 

 p

   30

f



And

         



our



shall







       

f



 eyes







 that

f





And

eyes

that

f





And

eyes

that



 



f



 







wept

  

that



 



eyes





 

And



 



and



wept





p



and



wept

p



and

  







 

p

and

wept

 

p



 

p

 

  



 

 



  

deep,

   



eyes

 

that

  

 



eyes

that

   eyes

    eyes

     



 



 



 



 









weep

   weep

 



 



   weep

that

that

     

  

 

   weep

   

     

   34

mp

mf

  

 

in

 

Weep

not

mp

  

 

     

  

Weep

mf

not

in

    Weep

  

mf

 

not

in

  

mp

  

Weep

not

    

  

mp



mp

  

    38

p

God

mf

 be

p

  

God p

    God p

be



 

be

   



    

 

God

p



  

with



  

  

   

be

 

 

  

with

with

 

the

   



suf - fi

 



the

 





the







you,

our

  

cient

-

-



 



 

  



 

  





  





sleep?



  

cient

sleep? mp



cient

   



 

 

 

sleep? mp

 -

 

mf

great

cient

sleep?



 and

mf

our







 

you,

our



 





 

you,



  

 

suf - fi



-



suf - fi





mp

suf - fi

the

 

in

 



9

mp

great mf

great mf

 

p sub.

  

p sub.



and



  



 



 



 



 

small,

  

and



small, p sub.

small, p sub.

  





you,

our

  

 

 

  



  





 



 

 

 

  





with

great

mf

and

small,

p sub.

10

  

mp

42

 



 

Our

loves,



 

mp



 

 our

best



loves,

     

   47

  

mp

 



mp



pp



our pp

 our

   

pp



our pp



  



all,



   

mp

 



  

loved

of

all

loved



  

of

all

  

 

  

  

 

  

loved mf

mf

  

mf

  

of

  own

  own

 



mp

mp



yond

the





yond

the





yond

the





yond

the







  



 



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Additional choral works by Dennis Tobenski

Elegy (2002) for flute, trumpet, chimes, and SATB choir texts: Dennis Tobenski, Mary Elizabeth Frye

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (from Elegy) (2002) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Mary Elizabeth Frye

Fair Robin I Love (2005) for SATB choir, a cappella text: John Dryden

The Gallant Weaver (2005, arr. 2011) for SATB choir with piano text: Robert Burns

Jabberwocky (2002) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Lewis Carroll

My True Love Hath My Heart (2003) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Sir Philip Sidney

Spirit Song Over the Waters (2002) for SATB choir with piano text: JohannWolfgang von Goethe

Take All My Loves (2009) for SATB choir, a cappella text: William Shakespeare

To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence (2010) for SATB choir, a cappella text: James Elroy Flecker

When Music Sounds (2012) for SATB choir, a cappella text: Walter de la Mare

All works are available digitally at http://newmusicshelf.com/dennistobenski.

For print copies, send inquiries to dennis@dennistobenski.com

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