by John Collings Squire, Sir (1884 - 1958)
The ship
Language: English
There was no song nor shout of joy Nor beam of moon or sun, When she came back from the voyage Long ago begun; But twilight on the waters Was quiet and gray, And she glided steady, steady and pensive, Over the open bay. Her sails were brown and ragged, And her crew hollow-eyed, But their silent lips spoke content And their shoulders pride; Though she had no captives on her deck, And in her hold There were no heaps of corn or timber Or silks or gold.
Authorship:
- by John Collings Squire, Sir (1884 - 1958), "The ship", appears in Twelve Poems, first published 1916 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The ship", published 1952 [ voice and piano ], two settings [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raymond J. Parfrey (b. 1928), "The ship" [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Sang , "The ship", c1936 [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 88