by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
To the sea
Language: English
Bitter and beautiful, sing no more; Scarf of spindrift strewn on the shore, Burn no more in the noon-day light, Let there be night for me, let there be night.
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To the sea", appears in Strange Victory, first published 1933 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Horace Alden Miller (1872 - 1941), "To the sea", published 1935 [voice and piano], from Two Songs [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 30