by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Shine! Shine! Shine!
Language: English
Shine! Shine! Shine! Pour down your warmth, great sun! While we bask -- we two together. Two together! Winds blow South or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all the time, minding no time, While we two keep together.
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Leaves of Grass, in Sea-Drift, no. 3 [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 Henry Leland Clarke (1907 - 1992), "Shine! Shine! Shine!", 1962 [ soprano and violoncello ], from Four Elements [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846 - 1916), "We two together" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Martinus Hartmann (1881 - 1956), "Two together", published 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marshall Rutgers Kernochan (1880 - 1955), "We two together", published 1911 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Shine! Great sun!", published 1963 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "The Love-Song of the Birds" [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with piano, violin obbligato, optional string quartet ], from Two Vocal Duets, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "Shine! Shine! Shine!", op. 50 no. 1, from The Last Invocation, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank H. Warner , "We two together", published 1941 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "We two", 1946 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Sea-Drift", published 1918 [ baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra ]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-15
Line count: 9
Word count: 50