by William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)
The sea is full of wandering foam
Language: English
The sea is full of [wandering]1 foam, The sky of driving cloud; My restless thoughts among them roam . . . The night is dark and loud. Where are the hours that came to me So beautiful and bright? A wild wind shakes the wilder sea . . . O, dark and loud's the night!
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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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Dark is the night", op. 11 (Three Songs) no. 1 (<<1914) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The sea is full of wandering foam", 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The sea is full of wandering foam", op. 26 (Seven songs) no. 5 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The night is dark and loud", op. 11 (Seven songs) no. 5 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
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Word count: 56