Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to Spain | | The Song of the Galley | | Spanish Ballad |
| | Translated by J. G. Lockhart
YE mariners of Spain, | |
| Bend strongly on your oars, | |
| And bring my love again, | |
| For he lies among the Moors. | |
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| Ye galleys fairly built, | 5 |
| Like castles on the sea, | |
| O, great will be your guilt | |
| If ye bring him not to me.” | |
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| The wind is blowing strong, | |
| The breeze will aid your oars; | 10 |
| O, swiftly fly along, | |
| For he lies among the Moors. | |
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| The sweet breeze of the sea | |
| Cools every cheek but mine; | |
| Hot is its breath to me, | 15 |
| As I gaze upon the brine. | |
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| Lift up, lift up your sail, | |
| And bend upon your oars; | |
| O, lose not the fair gale, | |
| For he lies among the Moors. | 20 |
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| It is a narrow strait, | |
| I see the blue hills over; | |
| Your coming I ’ll await, | |
| And thank you for my lover. | |
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| To Mary I will pray, | 25 |
| While ye bend upon your oars; | |
| ’T will be a blessed day, | |
| If ye fetch him from the Moors. | | | | |
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