by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
A child's amaze Matches original text
Language: English
Silent and amazed even when a little boy, I remember I heard the preacher every Sunday put God in his statements, As contending against some being or influence.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "A child's amaze", 1975, published 1979 [ soprano and piano ], from By the Roadside: Six Songs to Poems by Walt Whitman, no. 6, Oxford University Press
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A child's amaze", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-12
Line count: 3
Word count: 28