by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Dark Mother, always gliding near
 (Sung text for setting by J. Rogers)
 See original
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
 ... 

Dark Mother, always gliding near, with soft feet,
Have none chanted for thee a chant of fullest welcome?

Then I chant it for thee -- I glorify thee above all;
I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come, come unfalteringly.

Approach, strong Deliveress,
When it is so, when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead,	
Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee,
Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.

 ...

Composition:

    Set to music by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Dark Mother, always gliding near", published 1919, stanzas 3-5 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 1, New York, G. Schirmer

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail , Gustav Ringel

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-13
Line count: 28
Word count: 259