A Clear Midnight
2'28" | Maarten Altena | Text Walt Whitman | Metropole Orchestra | Conductor Jurrien Hempel | Soloist Claron McFadden | November 7, 2008
A Clear Midnight
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, and the stars.
