This is the land the sunset washes

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.

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

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

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "The banks of the yellow sea", published 1942 [alto or baritone, piano], from Six Songs
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Sunset"
by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) , "The sea of sunset", op. 26 no. ?, published 1928 [medium voice and piano], from Three Dickinson Poems, no. ?

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