by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Give me, O God, to sing that thought!
Language: English
Give me, O God, to sing that thought! Give me -- give him or her I love, this quenchless faith In Thy ensemble. Whatever else withheld, withhold not from us, Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in Time and Space; Health, peace, salvation universal. Is it a dream? Nay, but the lack of it the dream, And, failing it, life's lore and wealth a dream, And all the world a dream.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Song of the Universal, no. 6 [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 Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), "Is it a dream?", 1991, published 1992 [mixed chorus], Santa Barbara Music Publishing [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 70