Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.4502 Composed by Will S. Hays. Love, Homecomings, Sailors, Distress. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4502). Shamus O'Brien. Answer to Nora O'Neal. A Beautiful Song and Chorus. Words and Music by Will S. Hays. Published 1870 by John L. Peters, 599 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Love, Homecomings, Sailors, Distress. First line reads Oh! Sweet is the smile of the beautiful morn, as it peeps thro' the curtain of night.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.