by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak
Language: English
I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak, Eastward the sea absorbing, viewing, (nothing but sea and sky), The tossing waves, the foam, the ships in the distance, The wild unrest, the snowy, curling caps - that inbound urge and urge of waves, Seeking the shores forever.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "From Montauk Point" [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak
", published 1931 [SSAATTBB chorus, piano or orchestra], from Songs of Farewell, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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