by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
I heard you, solemn‑sweet pipes of the...
Language: English
I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ,
as last Sunday morn I pass'd the church;
Winds of autumn! -- as I walk'd the woods at dusk,
I heard your long-stretch'd sighs, up above, so mournful;
I heard the perfect Italian tenor, singing at the opera --
I heard the soprano in the midst of the quartet singing;
... Heart of my love! -- you too I heard, murmuring low,
through one of the wrists around my head;
Heard the pulse of you, when all was still, ringing little bells
last night under my ear.
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Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ", 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 Frederick Piket (1903 - 1974), "I heard you" [ women's chorus ], from The Speaking Silence, NY : Associated Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Rolfe , "I heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ", 1990 [ bass or bass-baritone and piano ], from Four songs on poems by Walt Whitman, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-20
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