by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. (1892 - 1918)
My brigantine!
Language: English
My brigantine! Just in thy mould and beauteous in thy form, Gentle in roll and buoyant on the surge, Light as the sea-fowl rocking in the storm, In breeze and gale thy onward course we urge, My water-queen! Lady of mine! More light and [swift than thou none thread]1 the sea, With surer keel or steadier on its path; We brave each waste of ocean-mystery And laugh to hear the howling tempest’s wrath, For we are thine! My brigantine! Trust to [the mystic power]2 that points thy way, Trust to the eye that pierces from afar, Trust the red meteors that around thee play, And, fearless, trust the Sea-Green Lady’s Star, Thou bark divine!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Saar: "swift none threads"
2 Saar: "the pow'r"
Text Authorship:
- by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. (1892 - 1918), no title, appears in The Water-Witch, chapter 15, first published 1831 [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 George H. Rodwell , "My Brigantine", published c1830 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "My Brigantine" [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-09-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 116