by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Joy, shipmate, joy! Matches original text
Language: English
Joy, shipmate, joy! (Pleas'd to my soul at death I cry,) Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage we leave, The ship is clear at last, she leaps! She swiftly courses from the shore, Joy, shipmate, joy.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Joy, shipmate, joy!", c1930, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Songs at Parting: A Selection of Walt Whitman's Poems, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Joy, shipmate, joy", appears in Leaves of Grass
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Alegra’t company de bord, alegra’t!", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 41