by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
I dream'd in a dream
Language: English
I dream'd in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth, I dream'd that was the new City of Friends, Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love -- it led the rest, It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, And in all their looks and words.
Confirmed with Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Philadelphia, David McKay, c1900.
Text Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), "I dream'd in a dream", 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 Clint Borzoni , "I dream'd in a dream" [ voice and piano ], from A Live-Oak Growing, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Monica Houghton , "I DREAM’D in a dream", 2002, first performed 2002 [ male voice and piano ], from Three Songs on Poems of Walt Whitman, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joe LoCascio (b. 1955), "I Dream'd in a Dream", copyright © 2017, first performed 2017 [ soprano voice and piano ], from Six Songs on Poems of Walt Whitman, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-06
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Word count: 66