by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher
The voyagers
Language: English
Our barque has left the shore, dark and sad and lone, And sails into the blue of seas unknown, From crimson morning until evening bell, Onward, still onward, whither, who can tell? O! magic sea! How fair in calm you smile, Whisp’ring deep notes, our sorrows to beguile; How great in storm! When the long waves uproll, Breathing thy pow’r and wonder to the soul. We are the voyagers, just you and I, Sweet the forgetting of the world gone by; Life but a looking forward, dear, from now, Here as we stand together at the prow. Hope is the wind that fills our spreading sails, Joy the wild song that night and day prevails; Life is the ocean, Love our helmsman fond Who steers us ever to the great beyond.
Authorship:
- by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher [author's text not yet checked 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 Wilfred Sanderson (1878 - 1935), "The voyagers" [vocal duet with piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
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Word count: 131