by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
A Farm Picture Matches original text
Language: English
Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.
Composition:
- Set to music by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "A Farm Picture", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and viola or clarinet ], from Three Whitman Songs for mezzo-soprano and viola (or clarinet), no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A farm-picture", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900
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Researcher for this page: Thomas A. Gregg
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 3
Word count: 29