Ohio State Chorale
The Ohio State University School of Music
"Sure on This Shining Night"
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
November 14, 2021
North Broadway United Methodist Church
Columbus, Ohio

Sure on this shining night
Of starmade shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.

The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.

Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder
Wandering far alone
Of shadows on the stars.

— Text by James Agee