by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)
When I behold the pharos shine
Language: English
When I behold the pharos shine And lay a path along the sea, How gladly I shall feel the spray, Standing upon the swinging prow; And question of my pilot old, 5 How many watery leagues to sail Ere we shall round the harbour reef And anchor off the wharves of home!
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Confirmed with Bliss Carman, Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, Boston : L.C. Page, 1907
Text Authorship:
- by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929), no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 50, Boston : L.C. Page, first published 1904 [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 (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "When I behold the pharos shine" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder songs; The songs of Sappho from fragments of the lost poems of Sappho, no. [sung text not yet checked]
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