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I HEARD YOUR SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: I HEARD YOU SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN AS LAST SUNDAY MORN I PASSED CHURCH
Last Line: BELLS LAST NIGHT UNDER MY EAR.
Subject(s): LOVE;
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.



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