by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)
The long‑rolling
Language: English
The long-rolling,
Steady-pouring,
Deep-trenched,
Green billow.
The wide-topped,
Unbroken,
Green-glacid,
Slow-sliding.
Cold-flushing,
On-on-on,
Chill rushing,
Hush-hushing,
Hush-hushing.
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Text Authorship:
- by James Stephens (1882 - 1950), "The Main Deep", appears in A Poetry Recital, first published 1925 [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 Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "Chant of the Main-Deep", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ], from Poems by James Stephens, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Duff , "The Main Deep", published 1937 [ unaccompanied voice ], in Broadside, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 17