by James Keir Baxter (1926 - 1972)
The Tide
Language: English
The rubbed unpainted boards of the old church catch the sun a little, yawning at death and life on the ridge below the cabbage tree
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Text Authorship:
- by James Keir Baxter (1926 - 1972)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Clare Maclean (b. 1958), "The Tide", 1982 [ low voice with piano ], from Songs to poems by James K. Baxter, no. 1, Australian Music Centre
Publisher: Australian Music Centre [external link]
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