by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
You who celebrate bygones!
Language: English
You who celebrate bygones! Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races -- the life that has exhibited itself; Who have treated of man as the creature of politics, aggregates, rulers and priests; I, habitan of the Alleghanies, treating of him as he is in himself, in his own rights, Pressing the pulse of the life that has seldom exhibited itself, (the great pride of man in himself;) Chanter of Personality, outlining what is yet to be, I project the history of the future.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "To a Historian", appears in Leaves of Grass, first published 1900 [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 Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "You who celebrate bygones", op. 103 no. 3, published 1967 [ chorus and woodwinds ], from Celebrations: Cantata no. 3, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-11
Line count: 7
Word count: 85