by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

Oh what comes over the sea?
 (Sung text for setting by M. Lang)
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Language: English 
Oh what comes over the sea,
  Shoals and quicksands past;
And what comes home to me,
  Sailing slow, sailing fast?

A wind comes over the sea
  With a moan in its blast;
But nothing comes home to me,
  Sailing slow, sailing fast.

Let me be, let me be,
  For my lot is cast:
Land or sea all's one to me,
  And sail it slow or fast.

Composition:

    Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Oh what comes over the sea?", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Schmidt

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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 66