by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Make no puns
Language: English
Make no puns funny remarks Double entendres “witty” remarks ironies Sarcasms Only that which is simply earnest meant, — harmless to anyone’s feelings — unadorned unvarnished nothing to excite a laugh silence silence silence silence laconic taciturn.
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Authorship:
- by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), appears in Diaries [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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "Make no puns", 2013 [soprano and piano], from Walt Whitman's Notebook, no. 1, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-20
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