by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949)
Clouds
Language: English
They gather in the morning and at noon, Soft, billowy masses high above my head, Like argosies with thrilling sails outspread, Bound for a port beyond the sun and moon. They never anchor in the blue lagoon Of heaven, but move their fragile keels instead, Faring to regions where the happy dead Await their cargoes, bright with bliss of June. Some clean, white morning I shall thus abide Upon the wharves that touch Eternity, Watching those sails on Time's unending tide, Waiting those dream-ships on the blowing sea. And one I love on that last ship may ride, And I shall hail her, coming home to me.
Authorship:
- by Charles Hanson Towne (1877 - 1949) [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 Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Clouds", 1924, published 1924 [medium voice and piano], from Beauty of Earth, no. 4, New York: J. Fischer & Bro. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-26
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