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THERE IS THAT IN ME
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Chorus Choir (SSAATTBB) - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1776665
Composed by Ivo Antognini. This edition: pdf. A Cappella, Romantic Period. 16 pages. Ivo Antognini #1336732. Published by Ivo Antognini (A0.1776665).
THERE IS THAT IN ME
by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) [ section 50 from Song of Myself ]
There is that in me—I do not know what it is—but I know it is in me. Wrench'd and sweaty—calm and cool then my body becomes,
I sleep—I sleep long.
I do not know it—it is without name—it is a word unsaid,
It is not in any dictionary, utterance, symbol.
Something it swings on more than the earth I swing on,
To it the creation is the friend whose embracing awakes me. Perhaps I might tell more. Outlines! I plead for my brothers and sisters. Do you see O my brothers and sisters?
It is not chaos or death—it is form, union, plan—it is eternal life—it is Happiness.
*******
As a young boy, during summer vacations I enjoyed going into the forest by myself.
I would walk very quickly until I arrived at the top of a hill that I had never seen before.
On one of these occasions, upon my arrival I stretched out to take a rest, looking at the sky for a few minutes.
In that moment, I had a strange feeling of happiness; not the typical kind of happiness that one might feel when playing with friends, or upon receiving good news; rather the awareness and marvel of being part of something grand and stupendous, but at the same time indescribable; our Mother Earth.
It was a truly beautiful experience, a sort of meditation in front of all creation, and I will never forget that day.
Reading Whitman’s poetry takes my mind back to that special time.
I like to think that the poet has tried with these verses to describe emotions that I myself also felt as a young boy.
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Chorus Choir (SSAATTBB) - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1776665
Composed by Ivo Antognini. This edition: pdf. A Cappella, Romantic Period. 16 pages. Ivo Antognini #1336732. Published by Ivo Antognini (A0.1776665).
THERE IS THAT IN ME
by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) [ section 50 from Song of Myself ]
There is that in me—I do not know what it is—but I know it is in me. Wrench'd and sweaty—calm and cool then my body becomes,
I sleep—I sleep long.
I do not know it—it is without name—it is a word unsaid,
It is not in any dictionary, utterance, symbol.
Something it swings on more than the earth I swing on,
To it the creation is the friend whose embracing awakes me. Perhaps I might tell more. Outlines! I plead for my brothers and sisters. Do you see O my brothers and sisters?
It is not chaos or death—it is form, union, plan—it is eternal life—it is Happiness.
*******
As a young boy, during summer vacations I enjoyed going into the forest by myself.
I would walk very quickly until I arrived at the top of a hill that I had never seen before.
On one of these occasions, upon my arrival I stretched out to take a rest, looking at the sky for a few minutes.
In that moment, I had a strange feeling of happiness; not the typical kind of happiness that one might feel when playing with friends, or upon receiving good news; rather the awareness and marvel of being part of something grand and stupendous, but at the same time indescribable; our Mother Earth.
It was a truly beautiful experience, a sort of meditation in front of all creation, and I will never forget that day.
Reading Whitman’s poetry takes my mind back to that special time.
I like to think that the poet has tried with these verses to describe emotions that I myself also felt as a young boy.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
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