by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908)
At the Siren’s Call
Language: English
I fancy that I sit beside The shore of slumbers' phantom sea And see sweet visions die, and hear The siren voices calling me. Am I a shell cast on the shore Of Time's illimitable sea, To hear and whisper evermore The music of Eternity?
Confirmed with The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey, collected and arranged by Mrs. Minnie H. Posey, Topeka, Kansas, 1910.
Text Authorship:
- by Alexander Posey (1873 - 1908), "At the Siren’s Call" [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 David Knaggs , "At the Siren’s Call", 2006 [ soprano and piano ], from Six songs for voice and piano, poetry by Alexander Posey (1873-1908), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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