by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Lo, 'tis autumn See original
Language: English
... Lo, ’tis autumn, Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder, Cool and sweeten Ohio’s villages with leaves fluttering in the moderate wind, Where apples ripe in the orchards hang and grapes on the trellis’d vines, (Smell you the smell of the grapes on the vines? Smell you the buckwheat where the bees were lately buzzing?) Above all, lo, the sky so calm, so transparent after the rain, and with wondrous clouds, Below too, all calm, all vital and beautiful, and the farm prospers well. ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Lo, 'tis autumn", 1973, stanzas 2-3 [ baritone and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), title 1: "Come up from the fields Father", title 2: "Lo, 'tis autumn"
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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-15
Line count: 37
Word count: 346