The sea lies quieted beneath The after sunset flush That leaves upon the heap'd grey clouds The grapes faint purple blush. Pale, from a little space in heaven Of delicate ivory. The sickle moon and one gold star Look down upon the sea.
At Dieppe
Song Cycle by John Joseph Becker (1886 - 1961)
1. After sunset  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "After sunset", appears in Silhouettes, in At Dieppe, no. 1, first published 1892
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. On the beach  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Night, a grey sky, a ghostly sea,
The soft beginning of the rain.
Black on the horizon, sails that wane
Into the distance mistily.
The tide is rising. I can hear
The soft roar broadening along;
It cries and murmurs in my ears
A sleepy old forgotten song.
Softly the stealthy night descends,
The black sails fade into the sky;
Is not this, where the sea-line ends,
The shoreline of infinity?
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "On the beach", appears in Silhouettes, in At Dieppe, no. 2
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Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin3. Before the squall  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
The wind is [rising]1 on the sea, The windy white foam dancers leap; And the sea moans uneasily, And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep. Ridge after [rocky]2 ridge uplifts wild hands, And hammers at the land, Scatters in liquid dust, and drifts To death among the dusty sand. On the horizon's nearing line, Where the sky rests a visible wall, Grey in the offing I divine The sails that fly before a squall.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Before the squall", appears in Silhouettes, in At Dieppe, no. 4
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2 omitted by Becker
Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin
4. Requies  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
O is it death or life that sounds Like something strangely known In this subsiding out of strife, This low sea monotone? A sound scarce heard through sleep Murmurs as the August bees That fill the forest hollows deep About the roots of trees. O is it death or life, or is it Hope or memory That quiets all things with this breath Of the eternal sea?
Authorship:
- by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Requies", appears in Silhouettes, in At Dieppe, no. 6, first published 1892
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Researcher for this page: T. P. (Peter) PerrinTotal word count: 278