Leaves of Grass (1882)/Children of Adam/I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ

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2350443Leaves of Grass (1882)I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the OrganWalt Whitman

I HEARD YOU SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN.

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.