by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
The first dandelion
Language: English
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Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close emerging,
As if no artifice of fashion, business, politics, had ever been,
Forth from its sunny nook of shelter'd grass -- innocent, golden,
calm as the dawn,
The spring's first dandelion shows its trustful face.
R. Sowash sets lines 1-4
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "The first dandelion", 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 William Harold Neidlinger (1863 - 1924), "The first dandelion", published 1901 [ high voice or low voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Radleigh , "The first dandelion", published 1943 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "The first dandelion", 1998, lines 1-4 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and viola or clarinet ], from Three Whitman Songs for mezzo-soprano and viola (or clarinet), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 42