by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
A glimpse
Language: English
[A glimpse, through an interstice caught,]1 Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove, late of a winter night -- And I unremark'd seated in a corner; Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand; A long while, amid the noises of coming and going -- [of drinking and oath and smutty jest, There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little, perhaps not a word.
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Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail
Portions of this text were used in Idyll by Frederick Delius.
1 Rorem: "One fitting glimpse caught through an interstice"Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A glimpse" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "A glimpse", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
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Word count: 86