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by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860 - 1916)

The harbor of dreams
Language: English 
Only a whispering gale
Flutters the wings of the boat;
Only a bird in the vale
Lends to the silence a note
Mellow, subdued, and remote:
This is the twilight of peace,
This is the hour of release,
Free of all worry and fret,
Clean of all care and regret,
When like a bird in its nest
Fancy lies folded to rest.

This is the margin of sleep;
Here let the anchor be cast;
Here in forgetfulness deep,
Now that the journey is past,
Lower the sails from the mast.
Here is the bay of content,
Heaven and earth interblent;
Here is the haven that lies
Close to the gates of surprise;
Here all like Paradise seems --
Here is the harbor of dreams.

Text Authorship:

  • by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860 - 1916) [author's text not yet checked 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 Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "The harbor of dreams", op. 7 (Three Songs of the Night) no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Schmidt [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Nich Roehler

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-19
Line count: 22
Word count: 123

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