1930
The Sobbing of the Bells
Composed by 
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Songs at Parting Song Collection
"The Sobbing of the Bells" is the eighth and final song of Ernst Bacon's song cycle Songs at Parting: A Selection of Poems by Walt Whitman.
Text
The Sobbing of the Bells
[Midnight, Sept. 19-20, 1881]
by Walt Whitman
The sobbing of the bells, the sudden death-news everywhere,
The slumberers rouse, the rapport of the People,
(Full well they know that message in the darkness,
Full well return, respond within their breasts, their brains, the
sad reverberations,)
The passionate toll and clang–city to city, joining, sounding, passing,
Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.
Sheet Music
Songs at Parting
Ernst Bacon
1. Grand is the Seen
2. The Last Invocation
3. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
4. Twilight
5. One Thought Ever at the Fore
6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
7. Whispers of Heavenly Death
8. The Sobbing of the Bells
2. The Last Invocation
3. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
4. Twilight
5. One Thought Ever at the Fore
6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
7. Whispers of Heavenly Death
8. The Sobbing of the Bells