by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
My soul is an enchanted boat See original
Language: English
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My soul is an enchanted boat,
Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float
Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing;
And thine doth like an angel sit
Beside a helm conducting it,
Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing.
It seems to float ever, forever,
Upon that many-winding river,
Between mountains, woods, abysses,
A paradise of wildernesses!
Till, like one in slumber bound,
Borne to the ocean, I float down, around,
Into a sea profound, of ever-spreading sound:
Composition:
- Set to music by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "My soul is an enchanted boat", 1934, published 1953, copyright © 1953, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], Southern/Texas
Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), appears in Prometheus Unbound, lines of Asia from Act II scene V, lines 39-48 and 72-97.
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Line count: 36
Word count: 243