by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
The ships destroy us above
Language: English
The ships [destroy]1 us above And ensnare us beneath. We arise, we lie down, and we In the belly of Death. The ships have a thousand eyes To mark where we come . . . But the mirth of a seaport dies When our blow gets home.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)First published in Daily Telegraph, November 1915
1 Elgar: "await" (?)
Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), "Tin Fish", appears in Sea Warfare, in The Fringes of the Fleet, first published 1915 [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 Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Submarines", 1917, published 1917 [vocal quartet of baritones and orchestra], from The Fringes of the Fleet, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 47