As Adam, early in the morning, Walking forth from the bower, refresh'd with sleep; Behold me where I pass -- hear my voice -- approach, Touch me -- touch the palm of your hand to my Body as I pass; Be not afraid of my Body.
5 Songs to Poems - Texts by Walt Whitman
Song Cycle by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022)
1. As Adam, early in the morning  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "As Adam early in the morning"
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Portions of this text were used in Idyll by Frederick Delius.
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2. O you whom I often and silently come  [sung text checked 1 time]
O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you, As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Leaves of Grass
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren3. To you  [sung text checked 1 time]
Stranger, if you passing, meet me, And desire to speak to me, Why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "To you"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. Look down, fair moon  [sung text checked 1 time]
Look down, fair moon and bathe this scene, Pour softly down night's nimbus floods, on faces ghastly, swollen, purple; On the dead, on their backs, with [their]1 arms toss'd wide, Pour down your unstinted nimbus, sacred moon.
Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Look down, fair moon", appears in Drum Taps, first published 1965
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Drum-Taps, ed. by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price, The Walt Whitman Archive
1 omitted by Rands.Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
5. Gliding o'er all  [sung text checked 1 time]
Gliding o'er all, through all, Through Nature, Time, and Space, As a ship on the waters advancing, The voyage of the soul--not life alone, Death, many deaths I'll sing.
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- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
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