I Heard You, Solemn-sweep Pipes Of The Organ

uswritten by Walt Whitman

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.



Walt Whitman

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A Song

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Mediums

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THEY shall arise in the States,
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Had I the choice to tally greatest bards,
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uswritten by Walt Whitman, published on Mon 04.20.2009 at 02:20

A GREAT year and place;
A harsh, discordant, natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother's
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uswritten by Walt Whitman, published on Mon 04.13.2009 at 08:20

THROUGH the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,
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