Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics

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Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics

by Bliss Carman

EN·~41 minutes·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total

LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ:A BOOK OF LYRICS:BYBLISS CARMAN

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CONTENTS

0:37

LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ

1:56

WHY

0:34

THE UNRETURNING

0:18

A WINDFLOWER

0:47

IN LYRIC SEASON

0:48

THE PENSIONERS

1:43

AT THE VOICE OF A BIRD Consurgent ad vocem volucris.

0:54

WHEN THE GUELDER ROSES BLOOM

3:08

Description

A tightly bound set of lyrical poems gathers around a single, haunting image: the low tide that lays bare the coast of Grand Pré. The verses move from the quiet hush of a descending sun to the restless sweep of an endless sea, each piece echoing the same melancholic key. The poet’s language is rich with natural detail—birches, windflowers, Guelder roses—yet always turns inward, tracing memory and yearning. Readers will feel the tide’s pull, both soothing and unsettling, as the collection unfolds.

The work explores themes of longing, displacement, and the fleeting moments of beauty that surface in quiet evenings. Seasonal cycles frame the poems, linking spring’s tentative bloom to winter’s stark vigil, while personal reflections on love and loss weave through the landscape. The tone is intimate, inviting listeners to linger on each line as if hearing a soft voice over a tide‑washed shore.

Listening to these poems aloud brings the rhythm of the sea to life, offering a meditative escape that resonates long after the final stanza fades.

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Language

en

Duration

~41 minutes (39K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2018-01-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Bliss Carman

Bliss Carman

1861–1929

A lyrical Canadian poet who helped shape the voice of the Confederation Poets, he wrote with a gift for music, atmosphere, and the natural world. His work ranges from quiet love lyrics to free-spirited, wandering poems that stayed popular well beyond his lifetime.

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