Nuhou, Volume II, Number 20, 3 October 1873 — MOONLIGHT NAD MUSIC IN HONOLULU. A PROMENADE CONCERT. [ARTICLE]

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MOONLIGHT NAD MUSIC IN HONOLULU.

A PROMENADE CONCERT.

' ihe &h>Q€s bright, In such a night as thls /hen the gweet wicd did gently kiss the L \nū they were still love; in such a night, When we sat wilhin our yine-clad ba!conj ' Inā watched the spangling s.tars mounto'er the bills, 4sd Ihe'soft face ol glorj in the sky That sllver tinted the dieep shaded groves^ >>fcen hushed thri!ls sighed o'er the tropic town, ■ \iLā the heart heard the spheres abo?e in — with the eoughiDg of ihe sad sea's ceaseiess ' ''BdrgeV/ " /"'■ Wiih the sweet> blended strains of trump and hom the stirring drum'e pulsing beai of time; in sueh a with gracet and valor «ear, xo wake the hopes of our halcjon dajs, We gai?e our soul to t4 Strong Faith and Perfect , Lote 5s weuld liet to no 41 Kequiem of our hopes. Ofe ! bo 5 "Ma?ourneen, eome back f €ome baok to me/ ? —ip such a night as this # And sweet!j sigh our thoughts ou the dulcet eve t And breathe out,jlear, the jearnings of our soql, With the melodie?of the tuneful Band \?\ā the hree2y k!s{?iog of the trees. ?be oompDy jcsterday evening werc dclighted s iipual vnth moonlight mā mueie, with all es* ep: the «; RequiemThere wae of espreseion 5 and altogetlier an imperfeet -- rdering of tho Bufc our eseellent Band aFord a ]ittle onttubiii. They mu-t praetiee and give :t again