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Texts by H. Newbolt set in Art Songs and Choral Works

 § Author § 

Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862 - 1938)

Text Collections:

  • Admirals All and Other Verses
  • Poems: New and Old
  • Songs of Memory and Hope
  • The Flying Carpet
  • The Island Race
  • The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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The symbol [x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database.
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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • Admiral Death (Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night?) (from The Island Race) - A. Gray, J. Williams
  • Admirals all (Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, E. Lee, E. Sonntag
  • After long lab'ring in the windy ways (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford (Homeward bound)
  • Against oblivion (Cities drowned in olden time) (from Songs of Memory and Hope) - J. Western
  • A song of Exmoor (The Forest above and the Combe below) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
  • A thousand years by sea and land - C. Lloyd (Victoria Regina)
  • Bitter sweet (He leapt to arms unbidden) - C. Parry
  • Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night? (from The Island Race) - A. Gray, J. Williams (Admiral Death)
  • By the hearthstone (By the hearth-stone) - B. Burrows
  • Cities drowned in olden time (from Songs of Memory and Hope) - J. Western (Against oblivion)
  • Das Schlachtschiff Téméraire. 1796 (Der Morgenruf will verklingen) - G. Vollerthun
  • Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
  • Der Morgenruf will verklingen - G. Vollerthun (Das Schlachtschiff Téméraire. 1796.)
  • Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
  • Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, B. Leonard, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson (Drake's drum)
  • Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas (from Admirals All and Other Verses) (Drake's drum) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, B. Leonard, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson
  • Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford (Waggon Hill)
  • Drake's drum (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, C. Stanford, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson
  • Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town (from Poems: New and Old) - R. Paget (The toy band: a song of the great retreat)
  • Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, E. Lee, E. Sonntag (Admirals all)
  • England! where the sacred flame (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd (The vigil)
  • Fare well (Mother, with unbowed head) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
  • Finis (Night is come) (from The Flying Carpet) - N. Swift
  • Gavotte (Memories long in music sleeping) (from The Island Race) - H. Howells
  • Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Marillier, C. Mitchell (Rilloby-Rill)
  • Hark ye, hark to the winding horn (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - J. Ireland (Hope the Hornblower)
  • Hawke (In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Lloyd
  • He fell among thieves (Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end) (from The Island Race) - J. Jones
  • He gave us all a good-bye cheerily (from The Island Race) - J. Dear, E. Larson, H. Löhr, E. Squire, L. Wier (Messmates)
  • He leapt to arms unbidden - C. Parry (The Volunteer)
  • Here they halted here once more - W. Baines
  • Homeward bound (After long lab'ring in the windy ways) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
  • Homeward bound (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily) (from The Island Race) - E. Larson
  • Hope the Hornblower (Hark ye, hark to the winding horn) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - J. Ireland
  • Imogen (Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing) - E. Squire
  • In a blue dusk the ship astern (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The middle watch)
  • In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Lloyd (Hawke)
  • It was eight bells ringing (from Admirals All and Other Verses) GER - G. Bantock, J. Williams (The Fighting Téméraire)
  • Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement (from The Island Race) - M. Phillips (The Death of Admiral Blake)
  • Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing - E. Squire (Imogen)
  • Memories long in music sleeping (from The Island Race) - H. Howells (Gavotte)
  • Messmates (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily) (from The Island Race) - J. Dear, H. Löhr, E. Squire, L. Wier
  • Mother, with unbowed head (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (Farewell)
  • Night is come (from The Flying Carpet) - N. Swift (Finis)
  • Oh hear! Oh hear! Across the sullen tide (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) (The song of the guns at sea) -
  • Oh hear! Oh hear! (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) (The song of the guns at sea) -
  • One by one the pale stars die before the day now (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (Sailing at dawn)
  • Outward bound (Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
  • Play the game (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - F. Aylward
  • Plymouth hoe (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - B. Leonard
  • Rilloby-Rill (Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Marillier, C. Mitchell
  • Sailing at dawn (One by one the pale stars die before the day now) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
  • Song of the children in Paladore (To Aladore, to Aladore) (from Poems: New and Old) - G. Bantock
  • Song of the road () - W. Davies [x]
  • Stand by to reckon up your battleships (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The little admiral)
  • The Death of Admiral Blake (Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement) (from The Island Race) - M. Phillips
  • The Fighting Téméraire (It was eight bells ringing) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, J. Williams GER
  • The Forest above and the Combe below (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd (A song of Exmoor)
  • The gay Gordons (Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair?) (from The Island Race) - J. Foulds, E. Lee
  • The grenadier's goodbye (Here they halted here once more) - W. Baines
  • The King's Highway (When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Stanford
  • The little admiral (Stand by to reckon up your battleships) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
  • The middle watch (In a blue dusk the ship astern) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
  • The "Old Superb" (The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
  • There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - F. Aylward (Vitaï Lampada)
  • The sailing of the long-ships (They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - F. Aylward
  • The song of the guns at sea (Oh hear! Oh hear!) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet)
  • The song of the sou'wester (The sun was lost in a leaden sky) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
  • The sun was lost in a leaden sky (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford (The song of the sou'wester)
  • The toy band: a song of the great retreat (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old)
  • The toy band (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old) - R. Paget
  • The vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race)
  • The Volunteer (He leapt to arms unbidden)
  • The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford (The Old Superb)
  • They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - F. Aylward (The sailing of the long-ships)
  • To Aladore, to Aladore (from Poems: New and Old) - G. Bantock (Song of the children in Paladore)
  • Turn back, my soul () - W. Davies [x]
  • Victoria Regina (A thousand years by sea and land) - C. Lloyd
  • Vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
  • Vitaï Lampada (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses)
  • Waggon Hill (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems)
  • When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Stanford (The King's Highway)
  • Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair? (from The Island Race) - J. Foulds, E. Lee (The gay Gordons)
  • Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end (from The Island Race) - J. Jones (He fell among thieves)

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