by Richard Hovey (1864 - 1900)

Language: English 
I am fever'd with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me,
And my soul is in Cathay.

There's a schooner in the offing,
With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her
For the Islands of Desire.

I must forth again to-morrow!
With the sunset I must be
Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.

Composition:

    Set to music by Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "The sea gipsy", 1920, published 1920 [ voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 72