by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
I am a pool in a peaceful
Language: English
I am a pool in a peaceful place, I greet the great sky face to face, I know the stars and the stately moon And the wind that runs with rippling shoon — But why does it always bring to me The far-off, beautiful sound of the sea? The marsh-grass weaves me a wall of green, But the wind comes whispering in between, In the dead of night when the sky is deep The wind comes waking me out of sleep — Why does it always bring to me The far-off, terrible call of the sea?
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Rivers to the Sea, Megali Verlag, 2023, p.61
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The Sea Wind", appears in Rivers to the Sea [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 Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994), "I am a pool", 2023, copyright © 2023, first performed 2023 [ chorus, cello and piano ], from A Memory of the Ocean, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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