by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Language: English
We two boys together clinging, One the other never leaving, Up and down the roads going - North and South excursions making, Power enjoying - elbows stretching - fingers clutching, Arm'd and fearless - eating, drinking, sleeping, loving, No law less than ourselves owning - sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening, Misers, menials, priests alarming - air breathing, water drinking, On the turf or the sea-beach dancing, Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing, Fulfilling our foray.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "We two boys", 2009 [ baritone and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "We two boys together clinging", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900
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Line count: 10
Word count: 70