by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Peace
Language: English
Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.
I am the pool of blue
That worships the vivid sky;
My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.
I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies, --
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Peace", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Peace", 2010 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bennie Beach (b. 1925), "Peace" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "Peace", 2015 [ women's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dominick DiOrio , "Peace", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Peace", 2021 [ counter-tenor, traverso, viola, cello, theorbo ], from The Peace of Wild Things (and other songs), no. 4, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "Peace", published 1974 [ soprano and piano ], from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]
- by May Sabeston Walker , "Peace", published 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 68