Lover divine and perfect Comrade, Waiting content, invisible yet, but certain, Be thou my God. Thou, thou, the Ideal Man, Fair, able, beautiful, content, and loving, Complete in body and dilate in spirit, Be thou my God. O Death, (for Life has served its turn,) Opener and usher to the heavenly mansion, Be thou my God. Aught, aught of mightiest, best I see, conceive, or know, (To break the stagnant tie - thee, thee to free, O soul,) Be thou my God. All great ideas, the races' aspirations, All heroisms, deeds of rapt enthusiasts, Be ye my Gods. Or Time and Space, Or shape of Earth divine and wondrous, Or some fair shape I viewing, worship, Or lustrous orb of sun or star by night, Be ye my Gods.
By the Roadside
Song Cycle by Michael Hennagin (1936 - 1993)
?. Gods [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Gods", appears in Leaves of Grass
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Hast never come to thee an hour [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Hast never come to thee an hour, A sudden gleam divine, precipitating, bursting all these bubbles, fashions, wealth? These eager business aims -- books, politics, art, amours, To utter nothingness?
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Hast never come to thee an hour"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Gliding o'er all [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
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.
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 186