Ocean Quotes & Poems
'Meeresstille' und 'Glückliche Fahrt' (Beethoven)
Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112 ("Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage") is a cantata for chorus and orchestra composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is based on a pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They met in 1812; Beethoven admired him and the work is dedicated to Goethe. It was first performed in Vienna on 25 December 1815, and first published in 1822.[1] The piece is in a single movement, with a typical performance taking between 7 and 8 minutes. The single movement is in two sections: (1) "Meeresstille" – Sostenuto – D major; and (2) "Glückliche Fahrt" – Allegro vivace – D major.
The cantata evokes the imagery of the pair of poems which later inspired the concert overture of the same name by Mendelssohn. The poems' titles are not synonymous: in the days before steam, a totally calm sea was cause for alarm; it is only when the wind at last rises that the ship can continue on its journey. The first section depicts a ship becalmed, the second its success in resuming its voyage.
| German | English |
|---|---|
| Meeresstille | Calm Sea |
Tiefe Stille herrscht im Wasser, |
Deep stillness rules the water |
| Glückliche Fahrt | Prosperous Journey |
Die Nebel zerreißen, |
The fog is torn, |
from Wikipedia
130 - 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'
The mariner up on the mast in a storm. One of the wood-engraved illustrations by Gustave DORÉ of the poem.'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, written in 1797-98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads.
"Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.
The very deep did rot - Oh Christ!
That ever this should be.
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs,
Upon the slimy sea."
Go for the full poem www.poetryfoundation.org or ebooks.adelaide.edu.au
... "With sloping masts and dipping prow,
As who pursued with yell and blow
Still treads the shadow of his foe,
And forward bends his head,
The ship drove fast,
loud roared the blast,
And southward aye we fled...."
©: public domain Wikipedia more info here: british library
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER,
a .pdf file of the TOJDAC (The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication)
Dmitry N. Zhatkin and Anna A. Ryabova
Department of Translation and Methods of Translation, Penza State Technological University, Penza, Russian Federation
253 Ocean quotes & poems - -Lord BYRON
"I have loved thee, Ocean!And my joy. Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be.
Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a boy.
I wanton'd with thy breakers, and laid my hand upon thy mane,
as I do here".
wikiquote.org - lord Byron
Here's a page with hundreds of quotes and poems about the ocean:
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253a Ocean quotes & poems - -John F. KENNEDY
"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came."Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962
©: John F. Kennedy
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253b Ocean quotes & poems - -Dave BARRY
"There's nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater,you realize that you've been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent."©: Dave Barry
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253c Ocean quotes & poems - -Ambrose BIERCE
"Ocean, A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man who has no gills."©: Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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253d Ocean quotes & poems - -John Mc DERMOTT
"I am a sailor, you're my first mateWe signed on together, we coupled our fate
Hauled up our anchor, determined not to fail
For the heart's treasure, together we set sail
With no maps to guide us, we steered our own course
Rode out the storms when the winds were gale force
, Sat out the doldrums in patience and hope
Working together, we learned how to cope.
Life is an ocean and love it a boat
In troubled waters it keeps us afloat
When we started the voyage there was just me and you
Now gathered round us we have our own crew
Together we're in this relationship
We built it with care to last the whole trip
Our true destination's not marked on any chart
We're navigating the shores of the heart."
©: John McDermott
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253e Ocean quotes & poems - -Gary PAULSEN
I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me.The sea.
©: Gary Paulsen, 'Caught By the Sea'
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253f Ocean quotes & poems - -Gregory David ROBERTS
"But in a way you can say that after leaving the sea, after all those millions of years of living inside of the sea, we took the ocean with us. When a woman makes a baby, she gives it water, inside her body, to grow in. That water inside her body is almost exactly the same as the water of the sea. It is salty, by just the same amount. She makes a little ocean, in her body. And not only this. Our blood and our sweating, they are both salty, almost exactly like the water from the sea is salty. We carry oceans inside of us, in our blood and our sweat. And we are crying the oceans, in our tears."©: Gregory David Roberts, 'Shantaram'
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253g Ocean quotes & poems - -Nizar QABBANI "I just fell in love"
"In the summerI stretch out on the shore
And think of you.
Had I told the sea
What I felt for you
It would have left its shores,
Its shells,
Its fish,
And followed me."
©: Nizar Qabbani
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ref. # 254 Ocean Performing Arts -Procol Harum -'A Salty Dog' Lyrics
"All hands on deck, we've run a float,I heard the Captain cry.
Explore the ship, replace the cook,
Let no one leave alive.
Across the Straits, around the Horn,
How far can sailors fly?
A twisted path, our tortured course,
And no one left alive.
We sailed for parts unknown to man,
Where ships come home to die.
No lofty peak, nor fortress bold,
Could match our captain's eye.
Upon the seventh seasick day,
We made our port of call.
A sand so white, and sea so blue,
No mortal place at all.
We fired the guns, and burned the mast,
And rowed from ship to shore.
The captain cried, we sailors wept,
Our tears were tears of joy!
Now many moons and many Junes,
Have passed since we made land.
A Salty Dog, the seaman's log,
Your witness, my own hand".
©: Songwriters: Keith REID, Gary BROOKER 'A Salty Dog' lyrics © T.R.O. INC. www.lyricsfreak.com
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Jules VERNE, Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea
