by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
O you whom I often and silently come
Language: English
O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you, As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
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Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Leaves of Grass [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 Clint Borzoni , "O you whom I often and silently come" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Remi Gassman (1908 - 1982), "O you whom I often and silently come", published 1955 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Three Love Lyrics from Whitman [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lou Harrison (1917 - 2003), "Fragment from Calamus", published 1950 [ baritone, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "O you whom I often and silently come", 1976 [ soprano or tenor, clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano ], from Songs of Calamus, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Reif (1910 - 1978), "O you whom I often and silently come", published 1971 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Rolfe , "O you whom I often and silently come ", 1990 [ bass or bass-baritone and piano ], from Four songs on poems by Walt Whitman, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "O you whom I often and silently come", published 1961 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Songs to Poems - Texts by Walt Whitman, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "O you whom I often", 1995 [ baritone, horn, piano ], from A Clear Midnight: Six Songs set to Poems of Walt Whitman for Baritone, Horn, and Piano, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 49