Ebb tide (Teasdale, set by M. Hill) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


When the long day goes by
  And I do not see your face,
The old wild, restless sorrow
  Steals from its hiding place.

My day is barren and broken,
  Bereft of light and song,
A beach bleak and windy
  That moans the whole day long.

To the empty beach at ebb tide,
  Bare with its rocks and scars,
Come back like the sea with singing,
  And light of a million stars.

Authorship

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

Love Songs

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Mabel Wood Hill (1870-1954)

Four Poems by Sara Teasdale

Date added to the website: 2008-06-04.

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