Long, too long America,
Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn'd from joys and prosperity only,
But now, ah now, to learn from cries of anguish,
... Long, too long America
Set by William Howard Schuman (1910 - 1992), no title, published 1943 [ mixed chorus and 2 pianos or orchestra ], from cantata A Free Song, no. 1, cantata [Sung Text]
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Long, too long America", appears in Drum Taps
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]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 arms toss'd wide, Pour down your unstinted nimbus, sacred moon.
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "Look down, fair moon", appears in Drum Taps, first published 1965
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Author(s): Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)