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9. We floated along on a smooth as glass sea with The Crystal Ship suspended over us.

Reply to Alliepoo (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:13 PM

Apr 27

I have heard knell
a shipboard bell
the hours on a glass blue sea.

And I have heard yell
sailors, swabbies, and swells
with pitching 'twix fish and fowl free.

Oft' have had quelled
my sun sweat smell
by salt spray, bare, burned back to lee.

Have let alone dwell
a greeneyed belle
as I skipped to my mates with glee.

For, I have heard knell
a shipboard bell
the hours on a glass blue sea.

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ALBINONI, Adagio in G Minor - by, The Doors? ------ but first: [View all] UTUSN Apr 25 OP

Never heard the Doors version! Alliepoo Apr 25 #1

Same here. The Doors have occupied a niche in my personal museum for 50 years. UTUSN Apr 25 #3

Wow! That sounds like a terrifying couple of days. Alliepoo Apr 27 #8

We floated along on a smooth as glass sea with The Crystal Ship suspended over us. UTUSN Apr 27 #9

That's beautiful. Alliepoo Apr 27 #10

FACT CHECK: The "Albinoni Adagio" is a twentieth-century work... regnaD kciN Apr 25 #2

Fine. Reminds me of my high school band teacher, who was a veteran of the Army Band. UTUSN Apr 25 #5

Outstanding! MuseRider Apr 25 #4

Beauty is beauty, thanks, whether "ALBINONI" composed it or not. UTUSN Apr 25 #6

Some other covers: malthaussen Apr 26 #7