by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The tide rises, the tide falls
Language: English
The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveler hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea [in darkness]1 calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls; The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises, the tide falls.
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Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The tide rises, the tide falls", from Ultima Thule, first published 1880 [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 G. T. Francis , "The tide rises", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Two songs of the sea [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irwin Heilner (b. 1908), "The tide rises" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irwin Heilner (b. 1908), "The traveler", published 1945 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "The Tide rises, the Tide fall" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "The tide rises", 1950, from Three poems, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. C. Meininger , "The tide rises, the tide falls", published 1886 [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. M. Shearer , "The tide rises, the tide falls", published 1978 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kensey D. Stewart (b. 1933), "The tide rises, the tide falls", published 1968 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls", op. 104a (Ten Songs) no. 8 (1944), published 2015 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at Saint Michael's College Archives and available in scanned form at the Petrucci Music Library [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 99