by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Language: English 
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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

O my brave soul!
O farther, farther sail!
O daring joy, but safe! Are they not all the seas of God?
O farther, farther, farther sail!

Composition:

    Set to music by James Hotchkiss Rogers (1857 - 1940), "Sail forth!", published 1919, stanzas 4-5 [ voice and piano ], from In Memoriam, no. 6, New York, G. Schirmer

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Research team for this page: Thomas A. Gregg , Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-06
Line count: 23
Word count: 202