by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Passage to you!
Language: English
Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky! Of you O waters of the sea! O winding creeks and rivers! Of you O woods and fields! Of you strong mountains of my land! Of you O prairies! Of you gray rocks! O morning red! O clouds! O rain and snows! O day and night, passage to you! O sun and moon and all you stars! Sirius and Jupiter! Passage to you! Passage, immediate passage! The blood burns in my veins! Away O soul! hoist instantly the anchor!
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Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Leaves of Grass [author's text not yet checked 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 Delius (1862 - 1934), "Passage to you!", from Songs of Farewell, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 89