lirik lagu gideon wagner - henry wadsworth longfellow - the lighthouse
the rocky ledge runs far into the sea
and on its outer point, some miles away
the lighthouse lifts its massive masonry
a pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day
even at this distance i can see the tides
upheaving, break unheard along its base
a speechless wrath, that rises and subsides
in the white lip and tremor of the face
and as the evening darkens, lo! how bright
through the deep purple of the twilight air
beams forth the sudden radiance of its light
with strange, unearthly splendor in the glare!
not one alone; from each projecting cape
and perilous reef along the ocean’s verge
starts into life a dim, gigantic shape
holding its lantern o’er the restless surge
like the great giant christopher it stands
upon the brink of the tempestuous wave
wading far out among the rocks and sands
the night~o’ertaken mariner to save
and the great ships sail outward and return
bending and bowing o’er the billowy swells
and ever joyful, as they see it burn
they wave their silent welcomes and farewells
they come forth from the darkness, and their sails
gleam for a moment only in the blaze
and eager faces, as the light unveils
gaze at the tower, and vanish while they gaze
the mariner remembers when a child
on his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink;
and when, returning from adventures wild
he saw it rise again o’er ocean’s brink
steadfast, serene, immovable, the same
year after year, through all the silent night
burns on forevermore that quenchless flame
shines on that inextinguishable light!
it sees the ocean to its bosom clasp
the rocks and sea~sand with the kiss of peace;
it sees the wild winds lift it in their grasp
and hold it up, and shake it like a fleece
the startled waves leap over it; the storm
smites it with all the scourges of the rain
and steadily against its solid form
press the great shoulders of the hurricane
the sea~bird wheeling round it, with the din
of wings and winds and solitary cries
blinded and maddened by the light within
dashes himself against the glare, and dies
a new prometheus, chained upon the rock
still grasping in his hand the fire of jove
it does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock
but hails the mariner with words of love
“sail on!” it says, “sail on, ye stately ships!
and with your floating bridge the ocean span;
be mine to guard this light from all eclipse
be yours to bring man nearer unto man!”
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