by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Oh what comes over the sea Matches original text
Language: English
Oh what comes over the sea, Shoals and quicksands past; And what comes home to me, Sailing slow, sailing fast? A wind comes over the sea With a moan in its blast; But nothing comes home to me, Sailing slow, sailing fast. Let me be, let me be, For my lot is cast: Land or sea all's one to me, And sail it slow or fast.
Composition:
- Set to music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "Oh what comes over the sea", op. 57 no. 1 (1904), published 1904 [ alto and piano ], from Six Sorrow Songs, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "What comes?", appears in New Poems, first published 1896, rev. 1904
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 66