First line: Hark! O'er the stilly lake the convent chime is sounding, whilst homeward over the water clear the fishers boat is bounding.
First line of chorus: The sun that shines above thee.
Error on cover: Massaniello misspelled, should be Masaniello.
4 verses and 3 refrains, D major.
2nd song in a set of 6. Bound with 1. "My sister dear," 3. "Adieu, my happy home," 4. "Behold how brightly breaks the morning," 5. "Sweet sleep the burdened bosom healing," and 6. "Skies of unclouded light."
Handwritten pagination throughout this work from 25-40.
Filed in Americana Coll A under Auber and Music from Massaniello.
For front cover and publisher information, see am4728.