My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills įor you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding įor you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning O captain! my captain! rise up and hear the bells While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: The port is near, the bells I hear, the people are exulting, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won O CAPTAIN! my captain! our fearful trip is done This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.The noted poet Walt Whitman composed this poem in memory of Lincoln shortly after his assassination. GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann), copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission.Īvailable translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): by William Harold Neidlinger (1863 - 1924), 'Memories of President Lincoln', published 1920.The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings: by Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950), 'O captain! My captain!', published 1942, from Three Walt Whitman Songs, no.by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), 'My captain', op.4 (2019), from Sieben Lieder nach Walt Whitman, no. by Klaus Miehling, 'O captain! My captain!', op.by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), 'O captain! My captain!', from I was there, no.by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), 'O captain! My captain!', published 1918.by Will Earhart (1871 - 1960), 'O captain! My captain!'.by Walter Johannes Damrosch (1860 - 1950), 'An Abraham Lincoln Song', published 1936, note: scored for 'chorus of liberated slaves'.by Walter Johannes Damrosch (1860 - 1950), 'An Abraham Lincoln Song', published 1934.by Frank Charles Butcher (1882 - ?), 'O captain! My captain!', op.by Jean Bohannan, 'O captain! My captain!', published 1911.by Arthur Bergh (1882 - 1962), 'O captain! My captain!', op.by Arthur Olaf Anderson (1880 - 1958), 'O captain! My captain!', published 1925.Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive): The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done įrom fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won Ībout the headline (FAQ) View original text (without footnotes) 1 omitted by Neidlinger. My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still

[O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:] 1 [The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done

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