Above the clouds I sail, above the clouds,
And wish my mind
Above its clouds could climb as well,
And leave behind
The world and all its crowds,
And ever dwell
In such a calm and limpid solitude
With ne'er a breath unkind or harsh or rude
To break the spell —
With ne'er a thought to drive away
The golden splendour of the day.
Alone and lost beneath the tranquil blue,
My God! With you!
Written in an Aeroplane.
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Confirmed with Paul Bewsher, The Dawn Patrol And other Poems of an Aviator, Erskine MacDonald Ltd, 1918.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Bewsher (1894 - 1966), "Cloud Thoughts", appears in The Dawn Patrol and other Poems of an Aviator, first published 1917 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "In an Aeroplane" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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