by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Come, I will make the continent...
Language: English
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble,
I will make the most splendid race the sun ever yet shone upon;
I will make divine magnetic lands,
With the love of comrades,
With the life-long love of comrades.
I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and
along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies,
I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other's necks,
By the love of comrades,
By the manly love of comrades.
For you these, from me, O Democracy, to serve you, ma femme!
For you! for you, I am trilling these songs,
In the love of comrades,
In the high-towering love of comrades.
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Authorship
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "A song", 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "For You O Democracy", note: surname initials are D. F. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "The Love of Comrades", op. 17 no. 4, published 1928 [voice, piano], note: actual text of setting differs from original - exact changes not currently in database [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Marcel Gustave Frank (b. 1906?9), "For You O Democracy", published 1955. [mixed chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Irving Gertz (b. 1915), "For You O Democracy", published 1959. [mixed chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Everett Helm (1913 - 1999), "For You O Democracy" [chorus] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by George Kleinsinger (b. 1914), "Ode to Democracy", published 1941 [SATB chorus, baritone, piano or orchestra], from I Hear America Singing [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "I will make the Continent", 1976 [soprano or tenor, clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano], from Songs of Calamus, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "I will plant Companionship", 1976 [soprano or tenor, clarinet, violoncello, percussion, and piano], from Songs of Calamus, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Homer Albert Norris (1860?5 - 1920), "Come, I will make the continent indissoluble", published 1903 [vocal trio for soprano, tenor, and baritone, with piano], from The Flight of the Eagle [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Felix Harold White (1884 - 1945), "Love of Comrades" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Eduard Zuckmayer (b. 1890), "Kameradschaft (For You, O Democracy)", published 1932. [unison chorus or solo voice and strings or woodwinds] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 118