by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
A Never World See original
Language: English
Our translations: GER
... ... ... Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Composition:
- Set to music by Paul William Whear (b. 1925), "A Never World", published 1974, stanzas 4:13-21,5 [ SATB chorus, brass sextet, and timpani ]
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "Ulysses", appears in Morte d'Arthur; Dora; and Other Idyls, first published 1842
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Ulysses", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 70
Word count: 566