by John Davidson (1857 - 1909)
The boat song See original
Language: English
The boat is chafing at our long delay, And we must leave too soon The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray, The tawny sands, the moon. Keep us, O Thetis, on our western flight! Watch from thy pearly throne Our vessel, plunging deeper into night To reach a land unknown.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arnold Atkinson Cooke (1906 - 2005), "The boat song", 1956, published 1963 [ soprano, horn, and piano ], from Nocturnes, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by John Davidson (1857 - 1909), no title, from Plays, as part of "Scaramouch in Naxos", first published 1889
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 50