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by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Coffin that passes through lanes and...
Language: English 
Coffin that passes through lanes and streets,
Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land,
With the pomp of the inloop'd flags with the cities draped in black,
With the show of the States themselves as of crepe-veil'd women standing,
With processions long and winding and the flambeaus of the night,
[With the countless torches lit,]1 with the silent sea of faces and the unbared heads,
With the waiting depot, the arriving coffin, and the sombre faces,
With dirges through the night, with the thousand voices rising strong and solemn,
[With all the mournful voices of the dirges]1 pour'd around the coffin,
The dim-lit churches and the shuddering organs -- where amid these you journey,
[With]2 the tolling bells' perpetual clang,
Here, coffin that slowly passes,
I give you a sprig of lilac.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Memories of President Lincoln, in When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), no title [ baritone, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, no. 3
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  • by Roger Sessions (1896 - 1985), no title, from cantata When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-13
Line count: 13
Word count: 138

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