by Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845 - 1907)
Sunken Gold
Language: English
In dim green depths rot ingot-laden ships; And gold doubloons, that from the drowned hand fell, Lie nestled in the ocean-flower's bell With love's old gifts, once kissed by long-drowned lips. And round some wrought gold cup the sea-grass whips, And hides lost pearls, near pearls still in their shell, [Where]1 sea-weed forests fill each ocean dell And seek dim twilight with their restless tips. So lie the wasted gifts, the long-lost hopes, Beneath the now hushed surface of myself, In lonelier depths than where the diver gropes; They lie deep, deep; but I at times behold In doubtful glimpses, on some reefy shelf, The gleam of irrecoverable gold.
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Authorship:
- by Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845 - 1907) [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 Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Sunken Gold", op. 110 (Twelve Songs) no. 10 (1944-1945) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-12
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Word count: 109