The Lied and Art Song Texts Page

The boat is chafing at our long delay

Language: English

The boat is chafing at our long delay,
And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
The tawny sands, the moon.

Keep us, O Thetis, [in]1 our western flight!
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
To reach a land unknown.


View text without footnotes
1 Cooke: "on"

Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Search/Shop for

Sheet music:

 * Search sheetmusicplus.com for The boat is chafing, The boat song, Art song , Lieder, chansons, or works for solo voice
 * Search musicroom.com for The boat is chafing, The boat song, vocal/choral music

CDs:

 * Search amazon.com for The boat is chafing, The boat song, art song, Lieder, or chansons
 * Search amazon.ca for The boat is chafing, The boat song, art song, Lieder, or chansons

Books:

 * The Art of the Song Recital [amazon.com]
 * The Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 1000 Songs [amazon.com]
 * Search amazon.com for art song, Lieder, or chansons
 * Search amazon.ca for art song, lieder, or chansons