by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Allons! whoever you are come travel with...
Language: English
Allons! whoever you are come travel with me! Traveling with me you find what never tires. The earth never tires, The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d, I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell. Allons! we must not stop here, However sweet these laid-up stores, however convenient this dwelling we cannot remain here, However shelter’d this port and however calm these waters we must not anchor here, However welcome the hospitality that surrounds us we are permitted to receive it but a little while.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Song of the Open Road, no. 9 [author's text not yet checked 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 Kate Moore (b. 1979), "We must not stop here", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano, harp, trumpet and organ ], from The Open Road, no. 2, Deuss Music
Publisher: Deuss Music [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Kate Moore (b. 1979), "Whoever you are come travel with me", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano, harp, trumpet and organ ], from The Open Road, no. 3, Deuss Music
Publisher: Deuss Music [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-14
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Word count: 110