by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
The full sea rolls and thunders
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
The full sea rolls and thunders In glory and in glee. O, bury me not in the senseless earth But in the living sea! Ay, bury me where it surges A thousand miles from shore, And in its brotherly unrest I'll range for evermore.
Text Authorship:
- by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903), appears in A Book of Verses, first published 1888 [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 Francis Brinkworth , "The full sea rolls and thunders", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The full sea rolls and thunders", 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Alexander Korbay (1846 - 1913), "The full sea rolls and thunders", <<1913 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Five Songs [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Si agita e rimbomba il vasto mare", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 44