Two songs , opus 16

by Eleanor Everest Freer (1864 - 1942)

Score: Sibley Music Library (external link)

1. The boat is chafing at our long delay  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
The boat is chafing at our long delay,
And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
The tawny sands, the moon.

Keep us, O Thetis, [in]1 our western flight!
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
To reach a land unknown.

Text Authorship:

  • by John Davidson (1857 - 1909), no title, from Plays, as part of "Scaramouch in Naxos", first published 1889

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1 Cooke: "on"

2. Daughter of Egypt veil thine eyes

Language: English 
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