The Abingdon Song Book ‎#190

190. O Young Mariner

1 O young mariner, you from the haven
Under the sea-cliff, you who are watching
Broader and brighter the Gleam flying onward,
So to the land’s last limit I came,
There on the border of boundless ocean,
And all but in heaven, hovers the Gleam.

2 Not of the sunlight, not of the moonlight,
Not of the starlight, O young mariner,
Down to the haven call your companions,
Launch your vessel, and crowd your canvas,
And, ere it vanishes over the margin,
After it, follow it, follow the Gleam.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O young mariner, you from the haven
• Title: O Young Mariner
• Author: Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1938

Tune Information

• Name: SUNDOWN
• Composer: John H. Gower, 1855-1922
• Meter: Irregular