by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

The banks of the yellow sea
 (Sung text for setting by E. Bacon)
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Language: English 
This is the land the sunset washes,
These are the banks of the yellow sea;
Where it rose, or whither it rushes,
These are the western mystery!

Night after night her purple traffic
Strews the landing with opal bales;
Merchantmen poise upon horizons,
Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "The banks of the yellow sea", alternate title: "The yellow sea", 1940, published 1942 [ low voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 1, published in the January edition of New Music

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51