Sabbath Morning at Sea

Sabbath Morning at Sea

"Sabbath Morning at Sea" is a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem was set to music as the third song of "Sea Pictures" composed by Sir Edward Elgar.

Lyrics

[Italicised text denotes line repeated in the song but not in the original poem. Square brackets denote words omitted from the song.]

The ship went on with solemn face; To meet the darkness on the deep, The solemn ship went onward.I bowed down weary in the place; For parting tears and present sleep Had weighed mine eyelids downward.

The new sight, the new wondrous sight! The waters around me, turbulent, The skies, impassive o'er me,Calm in a moonless, sunless light, As glorified by even the intent Of holding the day glory!

Love me, sweet friends, this Sabbath day. The sea sings round me while ye roll Afar the hymn, unaltered,And kneel, where once I knelt to pray, And bless me deeper in your soul Because your voice has faltered.

And though this sabbath comes to me Without the stolèd minister, And chanting congregation,God's Spirit shall give comfort. He Who brooded soft on waters drear, Creator on creation.

He shall assist me to look higher,"He shall assist me to look higher," Where keep the saints, with harp and song, An endless [endless] sabbath morning, "An endless sabbath morning,"And, on that sea commixed with fire,"And that sea commixed with fire," Oft drop their eyelids raised too long To the full Godhead's burning. "The full Godhead's burning".

Elgar's setting

The opening reintroduces the oceanic theme from "Sea Slumber Song". At "And on that sea commixed with fire" the opening bars of the song cycle are quoted. [Beales, Brendan "Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Programme" for performance at the Royal Albert Hall 6 April 2008]

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