The Wave Breaks into Spray Op. 46, No. 1 (Rimsky-Korsakov)
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The Wave Breaks into Spray is the first of five songs that form the work “By the Sea” by Rimsky-Korsakov composed in 1897. The words are written by Leo Tolstoy, arguably one of the greatest writers of all time.
The wave surges and breaks and splashes Into my eyes with its salty spray; Motionless, I sit in the rock, and my soul Is full of inexplicable valour. / Wave upon wave, ebb and flow, And their crests are covered in foam. Oh sea, who can I challenge to a contest To prove my resurgent powers? / My heart senses the grandeur of life, You, oh waves, have dispelled the grief, The thunder and splashing has woken my soul – Akin to the roaring sea!
