by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
Breaking billows at Sorrento
Language: English
A sky of whirling flakes of foam,
A rushing world of dazzling blue.
One moment, the sky looms in view---
The next, a crash in its curved dome,
A tumult indescribable,
And eyes dazed with the miracle.
Here breaks by circling day and night
In thunder the sea's boundless might.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "Breaking billows at Sorrento", appears in Poems, first published 1912 [author's text not yet checked 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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Breaking billows at Sorrento", op. 69 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set III) no. 2 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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