by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)
Farewell! Farewell! the voice you hear
Language: English
Farewell! Farewell! the voice you hear, Has left its last soft tone with you, -- Its next must join the seaward cheer, And shout among the shouting crew. The accents which I scarce could form Beneath your frown's controlling check, Must give the word, above the storm, To cut the mast, and clear the wreck. The timid eye I dared not raise, -- The hand, that shook when press'd to thine, Must point the guns upon the chase -- Must bid the deadly cutlass shine. To all I love, or hope, or fear, -- Honour, or own, a long adieu! To all that life has soft and dear, Farewell! save memory of you!
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Authorship:
- by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Cleveland's song", appears in The Pirate [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frances Arkwright (1787 - 1849), "The pirate's farewell: a ballad", published 1830? [ voice and piano ], London : J. Power [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "Cleveland's farewell", published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Boston: Geo. P. Reed Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 109