sea-drift - frederick delius lyrics
shine! shine! shine!
pour down your warmth, great sun!
while we bask ** we two together
two together!
winds blow south or winds blow north
day come white, or night come black
home or rivers and mountains from home
singing all the time, minding no time
while we two keep together
once, paumanok
when the lilac*scent was in the air
and fifth*month grass was growing
up this sea*shore, in some briers
two feather’d guests from alabama ** two together
and their nest, and four light*green eggs, spotted with brown
and every day the he*bird, to and fro, near at hand
and every day the she*bird, crouch’d on her nest, silent, with bright eyes
and every day i, a curious boy, never too close, never disturbing them
cautiously peering, absorbing, translating
till of a sudden
maybe k!ll’d, unknown to her mate
one forenoon the she*bird crouch’d not on the nest
nor return’d that afternoon, nor the next
nor ever appeared again
and thenceforward all summer in the sound of the sea
and at night under the full of the moon in calmer weather
over the ho*rs* surging of the sea
or flitting from brier to brier by day
i saw, i heard at intervals the remaining one, the he*bird
the solitary guest from alabama
blow! blow! blow!
blow up sea*winds along paumanok’s shore;
i wait and i wait till you blow my mate to me
yes, when the stars glisten’d
all night long, on the pr*ng of a moss*scallop’d stake
down, almost amid the slapping waves
sat the lone singer, wonderful, causing tears
he call’d on his mate;
he pour’d forth the meanings which i, of all men, know
yes, my brother, i know;
the rest might not ** but i have treasur’d every note;
for … more than once, dimly, down to the beach gliding
silent, avoiding the moonbeams, blending myself with the shadows
recalling now the obscure shapes, the echoes
the sounds and sights after their sorts
the white arms out in the breakers tirelessly tossing
i, with bare feet, a child, the wind wafting my hair
listen’d long and long
listen’d, to keep, to sing ** now translating the notes
following you, my brother
soothe! soothe! soothe!
close on its wave soothes the wave behind
and again another behind embracing and lapping, every one close
but my love soothes not me, not me
low hangs the moon, it rose late
it is lagging ** o i think it is heavy with love, with love
o madly the sea pushes upon the land
with love, with love
o night! do i not see my love fluttering out among the breakers?
what is that little black thing i see there in the white?
loud! loud! loud!
loud i call to you, my love!
high and clear i shoot my voice over the waves
surely you must know who is here, is here
you must know who i am, my love
o rising stars!
perhaps the one i want so much will rise, will rise with some of you
o throat! o trembling throat!
sound clearer through the atmosphere!
pierce the woods, the earth
somewhere listening to catch you must be the one i want
shake out carols!
solitary here, the night’s carols!
carols of lonesome love! death’s carols!
carols under that lagging, yellow, waning moon!
o under that moon where she droops almost down into the sea!
o reckless despairing carols
but soft! sink low!
soft! let me just murmur
and do you wait a moment you husky*nois’d sea
for somewhere i believe i heard my mate responding to me
so faint, i must be still, be still to listen
but not altogether still, for then she might not come immediately to me
hither my love!
here i am! here!
with this just*sustain’d note i announce myself to you
this gentle call is for you my love, for you
do not be decoy’d elsewhere
that is the whistle of the wind, it is not my voice
that is the fluttering, the fluttering of the spray
those are the shadows of leaves
o darkness! o in vain!
o i am very sick and sorrowful
o brown halo in the sky near the moon, drooping upon the sea!
o troubled reflection in the sea!
o throat! o throbbing heart!
and i singing uselessly, uselessly all the night
o past! o happy life! o songs of joy!
in the air ** in the woods ** over fields
loved! loved! loved! loved! loved!
but my mate no more, no more with me!
we two together no more
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