Song Cycle by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)

?. The sea of sunset

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by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems of Emily Dickinson, published 1890

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This is the land the sunset washes,
These are the banks of the yellow sea;
Where it rose, or whither it rushes,
These are the western mystery!

Night after night her purple traffic
Strews the landing with opal bales;
Merchantmen poise upon horizons,
Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.

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