Shine! Shine! Shine!

Shine! Shine! Shine!
Pour down your warmth, great sun!
While we bask -- we two together.

Two together!
Winds blow South or winds blow North,
Day come white, or night come black,
Home or rivers and mountains from home,
Singing all the time, minding no time,
While we two keep together.

by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) , no title, from Leaves of Grass, in Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, no. 3

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Henry Leland Clarke (1907-1992) , "Shine! Shine! Shine!", 1962 [soprano, violoncello], from Four Elements
by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846-1916) , "We two together"
by Arthur Martinus Hartmann (1881-1956) , "Two together", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by Marshall Rutgers Kernochan (1880-1955) , "We two together", published 1911. [voice and piano]
by Sam Raphling (1910-) , "Shine! Great sun!", published 1963. [baritone and piano]
by Frank H. Warner , "We two together", published 1941. [voice and piano]
by Elinor Remick Warren (1900-1991) , "We two"

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Sea-drift", published 1918. [chorus: baritone, mixed voices and orchestra] [see full setting text]

Date added to the website: 2005-10-15.

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