by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Lost
Language: English
Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor's breast And the harbor's eyes.
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Lost", appears in Chicago Poems, first published 1916 [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 Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Lost", from Echo's songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rupert Hughes (1872 - 1956), "Lost", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Free Verse Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Holon Matthews (b. 1904), "Lost", published 1952 [ satb chorus and piano ], from Two Sandburg Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Melville Smith (b. 1898), "Lost", published 1957 [ high voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Strassburg (b. 1915), "Lost", published 1945 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Van Buskirk , "Lost", published 1952 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Wolfe (1896 - 1973), "Lost", published 1936 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 40