A Clear Midnight

"A Clear Midnight" is the third song in Lee Hoiby's song cycle I Was There: Five Poems of Walt Whitman of 1988. The song cycle is for baritone and piano.

Date: 1988Composer: Lee HoibyText: Walt WhitmanSong Collection: I Was There: Five Poems of Walt Whitman

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A Clear Midnight
by Walt Whitman

This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death, and the stars.

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