I Saw from the Beach

DESCRIPTION: "I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining, A bark o'er the waters came gloriously on." In the evening, "The bark was still there, but the waters were gone." So it is with life: spring passes and we are left "on the bleak shore alone."
AUTHOR: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (Moore-IrishMelodies-1846)
KEYWORDS: ship nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 153, "Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of morning" (1 text)
Moore-IrishMelodies-1846, p. 199, "I Saw from the Beach" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 33, "I Saw from the Beach" (1 text)
Roud #25541
File: HMHS033A

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