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On this wondrous sea, Sailing silently, [Ho! pilot, ho! Knowest thou the shore]1 Where no breakers roar, Where the storm is o'er? In the silent west Many sails at rest, Their anchors fast; Thither I pilot thee, — Land, ho! Eternity! Ashore at last!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
1 Bacon: "Knowest thou the shore/ Ho! pilot, ho!"Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Eternity", appears in Poems: Third Series, in 4. Time and Eternity, no. 59, first published 1896 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "In the silent west" [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "On this wondrous sea", published 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from Emily Dickinson: Nature Time and Space - Volume 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "On this wondrous sea", op. 107 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Wehage , "On this wondrous sea" [ high voice and piano ], from Ten Dickinson Songs, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vally Weigl, née Pick (c1894 - 1982), "From time and eternity" [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by William Hawley, Craig Urquhart.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45
Sur cette mer merveilleuse, Naviguant en silence, Ohé ! pilote ! Ohé ! Connais-tu la rive Où aucun brisant ne rugit, Où la tempête est finie ? Dans le silencieux Occident Ils sont nombreux -- les voiles au repos -- Les ancres amarrées. Là je te guide -- Terre ! Ohé ! Éternité ! À terre enfin !
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Translations of title(s):
"From time and eternity" = "Du temps et de l'éternité"
"On this wondrous sea" = "Sur cette mer merveilleuse"
"In the silent west" = "Dans le silencieux Occident"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Eternity", appears in Poems: Third Series, in 4. Time and Eternity, no. 59, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 47