‘Tell me, tell me, Unknown stranger, When shall I sight me That tall ship On whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded Sleep.’ ‘Landsman, landsman, Lynx nor kestrel Ne’er descry from Ocean steep That midnight stealing, high-poop’d galleass, Sleep.’ ‘Promise me, Stranger, Though I mark not When cold night-tide’s Shadows creep Thou wilt keep unwavering watch for Sleep.’ ‘Myriad the lights are, Wayworn landsman, Rocking the dark through On the deep: She alone burns none to prove her Sleep.’
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Text Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "The galliass", appears in The Veil and Other Poems, first published 1921 [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 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The galliass", published 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Norman Peterkin (1886 - 1982), "The galliass", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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