by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
The dismantled ship
Language: English
In some unused lagoon, some nameless bay, On sluggish, lonesome waters, anchor'd near the shore, An old, dismasted, gray and batter'd ship, disabled, done, After free voyages to all the seas of earth, haul'd up at last and hawser'd tight, Lies rusting, mouldering.
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "The dismantled ship" [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 Eugene MacDonald Bonner (1889 - 1983), "The dismantled ship", op. 8 no. 3, published 1923 [ voice, piano ], from Three Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dwight Gustafson , "The dismantled ship", published 1967 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Three Songs of Parting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cecilia Livingston , "The dismantled ship", 2016, published 2016 [ tenor and piano ], Canadian Music Centre [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Platt (b. 1965), "The Dismantled Ship", copyright © 2006 [ baritone and piano ], from cantata From Noon to Starry Night - A Walt Whitman Cantata, no. 8, Fort Tryon Press [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 43