Four Songs from Whitman

Song Cycle by Philip Dalmas

?. As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing
(Sung text)

Language: English

As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing,
Or the sower sowing in the fields -- or the harvester harvesting,
I saw there too, O life and death, your analogies:
(Life, life is the tillage, and Death is the harvest according.)

Text Authorship:

by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing"

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?. A clear midnight [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death, and the stars.

Text Authorship:

by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A clear midnight"

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Portions of this text were used in Idyll by Frederick Delius.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 80