by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Shore grass
Language: English
The moon is cold over the sand-dunes And the clumps of sea grasses flow and glitter. The thin chime of my watch tells the quarter after midnight; And still I hear nothing But the windy beating of the sea.
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), "Shore grass", appears in Pictures of the Floating World, first published 1919 [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 Flicka Rahn (b. 1944), "Shore grass" [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 39