{"id":16147,"date":"2022-05-17T22:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T02:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=16147"},"modified":"2022-05-17T23:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T03:08:24","slug":"cast-your-soul-to-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=16147","title":{"rendered":"Cast your soul to the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"alignleft\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"Soul And Sea\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea-90x73.jpg 90w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/SoulAndTheSea.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Loreena McKennitt<\/strong> composed the song <cite>Dante\u2019s Prayer<\/cite> while riding the Trans-Siberian Railway after the fall of the Soviet Union. The barren landscape inspired the poem. The <strong>St. Petersburg Chamber Choir<\/strong> performed a piece entitled <cite>Alleluia, Behold the Bridegroom<\/cite> (<em>\u0410\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043b\u0443\u0438\u0430. \u0421\u0435 \u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0433\u0440\u044f\u0434\u0435\u0442<\/em>) in the first recording of the song.<\/p>\n<p>The poem begins in the woods, rises through the mountains, and flies to touch the face of the stars.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"table-row\">\n<div class=\"table-cell\">\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:auto\">Dante&#8217;s Prayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the dark wood fell before me<br \/>\nAnd all the paths were overgrown<br \/>\nWhen the priests of pride say there is no other way<br \/>\nI tilled the sorrows of stone<\/p>\n<p>I did not believe because I could not see<br \/>\nThough you came to me in the night<br \/>\nWhen the dawn seemed forever lost<br \/>\nYou showed me your love in the light of the stars<\/p>\n<p>Cast your eyes on the ocean<br \/>\nCast your soul to the sea<br \/>\nWhen the dark night seems endless<br \/>\nPlease remember me<\/p>\n<p>Then the mountain rose before me<br \/>\nBy the deep well of desire<br \/>\nFrom the fountain of forgiveness<br \/>\nBeyond the ice and the fire.\n      <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"table-cell\">\n<span style=\"font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:auto\">by Loreena McKennitt<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cast your eyes on the ocean<br \/>\nCast your soul to the sea<br \/>\nWhen the dark night seems endless<br \/>\nPlease remember me<\/p>\n<p>Though we share this humble path, alone<br \/>\nHow fragile is the heart<br \/>\nOh give these clay feet wings to fly<br \/>\nTo touch the face of the stars<\/p>\n<p>Breathe life into this feeble heart<br \/>\nLift this mortal veil of fear<br \/>\nTake these crumbled hopes, etched with tears<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll rise above these earthly cares<\/p>\n<p>Cast your eyes on the ocean<br \/>\nCast your soul to the sea<br \/>\nWhen the dark night seems endless<br \/>\nPlease remember me<br \/>\nPlease remember me\n      <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[youtube &#8220;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KC2cCNspS1M&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast your eyes on the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, When the dark night seems endless, Please remember me <span class=\"continue-reading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=16147\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[1390],"class_list":["post-16147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","tag-loreena-mckennitt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16147"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16158,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147\/revisions\/16158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}