Evensong had been sung with more than usual solemnity.
Evensong had just concluded, the worshippers had dispersed, and the great square itself was silent and deserted, save for one or two hurrying pedestrians crossing it on their homeward way.
That night, so far as possible, the chaplains gathered their men round them on the field, and many a homely evensong was held.
The church bells were ringing for evensong, and a squad of Salvation Army lassies came singing down Waterloo Road.
We cannot find them, and they have not been seen by anyone since evensong.
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I hope that my reply will be more like anevensong.
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If they arrive in the middle of a funeral or a wedding or matins orevensong, it is a bore for them.
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At that time the annual meeting consisted of just a single day and the joint performance by the three choirs of a choralevensong.
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It is common for guest choirs to sing atevensongduring the week.
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There is also a boys' choir whose weeklyevensongis a major event within the cathedral week.
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After singing an anthem and praying, the procession returns to the church for choralevensong.
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A further variation to the standard rendering of choralevensongis men's voices services.
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After further study, in the afternoon the prince was to engage in sporting activities suitable for his class, beforeevensong.
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Choralevensongis sung daily during term.
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