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February 24th
A spell of fine soft weather.
Tonight, on my way home, I took a long look at
the president's house.
The white portico--palace like, tall, round columns.
The tender and soft moonlight flooding the pale marble,
and making peculiar, faint languishing shades
--not shadows.
Everywhere a soft transparent hazy, thin, blue moon-lace
hanging in the air.
Everything so white, so pure and dazzling--yet soft.
The White House of our future dreams and dramas--
full of reality, full of illusion--the White House of our
land, and of beauty and of the night -- sentries at the gate--
silent, pacing blue overcoats--not stopping me, but eyeing
me with sharp eyes--whichever way I move.
Last Update: June, 10th 2013
Civil War: The Complete Work, The Lyrics
- Disk 1
- Prologue
- Brother, My Brother
- Lincoln: The Better Angels Of Our Nature
- By The Sword/Sons Of Dixie
- Tell My Father
- My Name Is Fredrick Douglass
- Freedom's Child
- Missing You (My Bill)
- If Prayin' Were Horses
- Virginia
- The Day The Sun Stood Still
- Oh, Be Joyful!
- Frederick Douglass: The Destiny Of America
- Father How Long?
- Reprise: Brother, My Brother
- A Nurse's Diary
- I Never Knew His Name
- Still I Rise
- River Jordan
- Disk 2
- Lincoln: The Bottom Is Out Of The Tub
- How Many Devils?
- Old Gray Coat
- With These Hands
- The White House At Night
- A Candle In The Window
- Greenback
- Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
-
Someday Lyrics
-
Regimental Drummer Lyrics
- I'll Never Pass This Way Again
- Lincoln: Letter To Mrs. Bixby
-
Five Boys Lyrics
-
Judgment Day Lyrics
- Sarah
- The Honor Of Your Name
- Northbound Train
- Last Waltz For Dixie
- In Great Deeds
- For The Glory