Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79.
The Song of the Galley
By Spanish BalladY
Bend strongly on your oars,
And bring my love again,
For he lies among the Moors.
Like castles on the sea,
O, great will be your guilt
If ye bring him not to me.”
The breeze will aid your oars;
O, swiftly fly along,
For he lies among the Moors.
Cools every cheek but mine;
Hot is its breath to me,
As I gaze upon the brine.
And bend upon your oars;
O, lose not the fair gale,
For he lies among the Moors.
I see the blue hills over;
Your coming I ’ll await,
And thank you for my lover.
While ye bend upon your oars;
’T will be a blessed day,
If ye fetch him from the Moors.