by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The pirate's farewell
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 amid 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 dar'd 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, Honor or own, a long adieu; To all that life has soft and dear Farewell, save memory of you.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Frances Arkwright (1787 - 1849), "The pirate's farewell", published <<1830? [ voice and piano ], from A set of six songs, no. 1, London : J. Power [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 109