Let This Be a Holiday Lyrics

Ellen
Let this be a holiday,
Full of peace and quietness
While the treason of the waves
Glitters like love.
Storm and all its terrors are
Nothing to the heart's despair.
After the storm will come a sleep
Like oceans deep.
Choir
O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord
O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord
O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord,
Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
(Peter Grimes comes in excitedly from the harbour.)
Choir
O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord
O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord
O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord,
Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
Peter
Come boy.
Ellen
Peter - what for?
Choir
O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord
O ye Seas and Floods, bless the Lord,
O ye Whales and all that move in the waters
Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
Peter
I've seen a shoal. I need his help.
Ellen
But if there were then all the boats
Would fast be launching.
Peter
I can see
The shoals to which the rest are blind.
Choir
O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord
O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord
O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord
Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
Ellen
This is a Sunday, his day of rest.
Peter
This is whatever day I say it is!
Come boy!
Ellen
You and John have fished all week
Night and day without a break
Painting boat, mending nets, cleaning fish,
Now let him rest.
Peter
Come boy!
Ellen
But your bargain...
Peter
My bargain?
Ellen
His weekly rest.
Peter
He works for me, leave him alone, he's mine.
Ellen
Hush, Peter, Hush!
Choir
O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord.
O ye holy and humble, bless ye the Lord
Ananias, Azarias and Misael, bless ye the Lord
Praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be,