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 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 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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- 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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