by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Beyond the sleepy hills of Spain
Language: English
Beyond the sleepy hills of Spain, The sun goes down in yellow mist, The sky is fresh with dewy stars Above a sea of amethyst. Yet in the city of my love High noon burns all the heavens bare-- For him the happiness of light, For me a delicate despair.
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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Rivers to the Sea, Megali Verlag, 2023
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), no title, subtitle: "Off Gibraltar", appears in Rivers to the Sea, in Vignettes Overseas, no. 1, first published 1915 [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), "Sea of Amethyst", 2023, first performed 2023 [ soprano, chorus, violoncello, piano ], from A Memory of the Ocean, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-09
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