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 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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- 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(1874 - 1967), "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls", op. 104a (Ten Songs) no. 8 (1944), published 2015 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at Saint Michael's College Archives and available in scanned form at the Petrucci Music Library [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-05
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Word count: 100