by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
To the East and to the West
Language: English
To the East and to the West; To the man of the Seaside State, and of Pennsylvania, To the Kanadian of the North—to the Southerner I love; These, with perfect trust, to depict you as myself—the germs are in all men; I believe the main purport of These States is to found a superb friendship, exalt, previously unknown, Because I perceive it waits, and has been always wait- ing, latent in all men.
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "To the East and to the West", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1871 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nancy Hayes Van de Vate (1930 - 2023), "To the East and to the West", 1994, first performed 1994 [ satb chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-19
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