Sand‑Memory
Language: English
Softly the sea With its handfuls of moonlight, Taking them in to the beach dusk, Sifting them over the dark sand Slowly in wide curves. Softly and slowly the sea Scattering moon-bubbles— Handfuls and armfuls On dusk-darkened beaches Over and over— Telling stories of moon-spray And night-dripping wings Over and over and over. And the sand says nothing; The sand remembers And crouches and waits. It is old as the old sea, And knows no peace Till the width of the low tide.
Confirmed with F.R.McCreary, Sand-memory, in: Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Volume 24, Number 11, Poetry Foundation, 1924, p.83
Text Authorship:
- by Frederick R. McCreary , "Sand-memory", copyright status unknown [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 Jodi Goble (b. 1974), "Sand-Memory", from Sea Creatures, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-09
Line count: 19
Word count: 83