by William Sharp (1855 - 1905)
The Isle of Lost Dreams
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
There is an Isle beyond our ken,
Haunted by Dreams of weary men.
Gray Hopes enshadow it with wings
Weary with burdens of old things:
There the insatiate water-springs
Rise with the tears of all who weep:
And deep within it, -- deep, oh, deep! --
The furtive voice of Sorrow sings.
There evermore,
Till Time be o'er,
Sad, oh, so sad! the Dreams of men
Drift through the Isle beyond our ken.
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), "The Isle of Lost Dreams", appears in Romantic Ballads, 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 William Denis Browne (1888 - 1915), "The Isle of Lost Dreams", c1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The Isle of Lost Dreams", op. 71 (Twenty-Five Songs in Five Sets of Five Each: Set V) no. 2 (1927) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Tim Palmer) , "L’île de rêves perdus", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 71