The pirate's farewell: a ballad (Scott, set by M. Arkwright) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Farewell! Farewell! the voice you hear,
Has left its last soft tone with you, -- 
Its next must join the seaward cheer,
And shout among the shouting crew.

The accents which I scarce could form
Beneath your frown's controlling check,
Must give the word, above the storm,
To cut the mast, and clear the wreck.

The timid eye I dared not raise, -- 
The hand, that shook when press'd to thine,
Must point the guns upon the chase -- 
Must bid the deadly cutlass shine.

To all I love, or hope, or fear, -- 
Honour, or own, a long adieu!
To all that life has soft and dear,
Farewell! save memory of you!

Authorship

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Pirate

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

Mrs. Robert Arkwright (Frances Crauford, née Kemble?) (-1849)

Date added to the website: 2009-10-25.

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