CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists)
Richard Coffey, conductor
NEA American Masterpieces Choral Festival
VMA Arts and Cultural Center
Providence, Rhode Island
The Sea of Sunset
Wild NightsThis is the land the sunset washes,
These are the banks of the Yellow Sea;
Where it rose, or whither it rushes,
These are the western mystery!
Night after night her purple traffic
Strews the landing with opal bales;
Merchantmen poise upon the horizons,
Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.
Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart,
Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!