Against oblivion

Cities drowned in olden time
Keep, they say, a magic chime
Rolling up from far below
When the moon-led waters flow.
So within me, ocean deep
Lies a sunken world asleep.
Lest its bells forget to ring,
Memory! set the tide a-swing!

by Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) , "Against oblivion", from Songs of Memory and Hope, published 1909

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

by Joan Western , "Against oblivion", published 1939. [SATB chorus a cappella]

Date added to the website: 2008-12-06.

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