"Dark-browed Sailor, tell me now, Where, where is Araby? The tide's aflow, the wind ablow, 'Tis I who pine for Araby." "Master, she her spices showers O'er nine-and-ninety leagues of sea; The laden air breathes faint and rare - Dreams on far-distant Araby." "Oh, but Sailor, tell me true; 'Twas Man who mapped this Araby; Though dangers brew, let me and you Embark this night for Araby..." Wails the wind from star to star; Rock the loud waves their dirge: and see! Through foam and wrack, a boat drifts back: Ah, heart-beguiling Araby!
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), appears in Crossings: A Fairy Play, Sallie's song, first published 1921 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Araby", op. 20 no. 2 (1919), published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs from "Crossings: A Fairy Play", no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael John Hurd (1928 - 2006), "Araby", published 1963 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Sea and Shore Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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