ralph vaughan williams - the explorers lyrics
o vast rondure, swimming in sp_ce
cover’d all over with visible power and beauty
alternate light and day and the teeming spiritual darkness
unspeakable high processions of sun and moon and countless stars above
below, the manifold grass and waters, animals, mountains, trees
with inscrutable purpose, some hidden prophetic intention
now first it seems my thought begins to span thee
down from the gardens of asia descending …,
adam and eve appear, then their myriad progeny after them
wandering, yearning, …, with restless explorations
with questionings, baffled, formless, feverish, with never_happy hearts
with that sad incessant refrain, wherefore unsatisfied soul? …
whither o mocking life?
ah who shall soothe these feverish children?
who justify these restless explorations?
who speak the secret of impassive earth? …
yet soul be sure the first intent remains, and shall be carried out
perhaps even now the time has arrived
after the seas are all crossed
after the great captains and engineers have accomplished their work
after the n0ble inventors, …
finally shall come the poet worthy that name
the true son of god shall come singing his songs
o we can wait no longer
we too take ship o soul
joyous we too launch out on trackless seas
fearless for unknown shores on waves of ecstasy to sail
amid the wafting winds, (thou pressing me to thee, i thee to me, o soul,)
caroling free, singing our song of god
chanting our chant of pleasant exploration
o soul thou pleasest me, i thee
sailing these seas or on the hills, or waking in the night
thoughts, silent thoughts, of time and sp_ce and death, like waters flowing
bear me indeed as through the regions infinite
whose air i breathe, whose ripples hear, lave me all over
bathe me o god in thee, mounting to thee
i and my soul to range in range of thee
o thou transcendent
nameless, the fibre and the breath
light of the light, shedding forth universes, thou centre of them, …
swiftly i shrivel at the thought of god
at nature and its wonders, time and sp_ce and death
but that i, turning, call to thee o soul, thou actual me
and lo, thou gently masterest the orbs
thou matest time, smilest content at death
and fillest, swellest full the vastnesses of sp_ce
greater than stars or suns
bounding o soul thou journeyest forth; …
away o soul! hoist instantly the anchor!
cut the hawsers—haul out—shake out every sail! …
sail forth—steer for the deep waters only
reckless o soul, exploring, i with thee, and thou with me
for we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, …
o my brave soul!
o farther farther sail!
o daring joy, but safe! are they not all the seas of god?
o farther, farther, farther sail!
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