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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Katherine Broderick, Roderick Williams & Sir Mark Elder
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A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso)
Behold, the sea itself, and on its limitless heaving breast, the ships. See where their white sails, bellying in the wind speckle the green and blue. See the steamers coming and going, steaming in or out of port. See, dusky and undulating. See the long pennants of smoke. Behold, the sea itself, and on its limitless heaving breast, the ships. Today a rude, brief recitative of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal, of unnamed heroes in the ships, of waves spreading far as the eye can reach, of dashing spray and the winds piping and blowing, Today a rude, brief recitative of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal, of unnamed heroes in the ships, of waves spreading far as the eye can reach, of dashing spray and the winds piping and blowing, And out of these a chant for all sailors of all nations. Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Fitful, like a surge. Of sea captains young or old, and the mates, and of all intrepid sailors Of the few, very choice, taciturn Whom fate can never surprise nor death display Picked sparingly, without noise, by thee old ocean, chosen by thee, Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time and unitest the nations Suckled by thee, old husky nurse, embodying thee, indomitable, untamed as thee Flaunt out O sea, your separate flags of nations! Flaunt out visible as ever, the various flags and ship-signals! But do you reserve especially for yourself and for the soul of man one flag above all the rest, A spiritual woven signal for all nations, emblem of man elate about death, token of all brave captains and all intrepid sailors and mates, and all that went down doing their duty, remeniscent of them, twined from all intrepid captians young or old a pennant universal, subtly waiving all time o'er all brave sailors, all seas, all ships.
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