by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)
Before the squall
Language: English
The wind is rising on the sea, The windy white foam dancers leap; And the sea moans uneasily, And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep. Ridge after rocky ridge uplifts wild hands, And hammers at the land, Scatters in liquid dust, and drifts To death among the dusty sand. On the horizon's nearing line, Where the sky rests a visible wall, Grey in the offing I divine The sails that fly before a squall.
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Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Before the squall", appears in Silhouettes, in At Dieppe, no. 4 [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 John Joseph Becker (1886 - 1961), "Before the squall", published 1959, from At Dieppe, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ethel Mary Smyth, Dame (1858 - 1944), "Before the squall", published 1913 [mezzo-soprano or baritone with piano], from Three Moods of the Sea = Drei Lieder vom Meere, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878 - 1931) ; composed by Ethel Mary Smyth, Dame.
Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-11
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Word count: 74