When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd Whitman's encounter with the lilacs in bloom in his mother's yard caused the flowers to become "viscerally bound to the memory of Lincoln's death". According to Gregory Eiselein: In the weeks before Lincoln's assassination, Whitman observed the planet Venus shining brightly in the evening sky. He later wrote of the observation, "Nor earth nor sky ever knew spectacles of superber beauty than some of the nights lately here. The western star, Venus, in the earlier hours of evening, has never been so large, so clear; it seems as if it told something, as if it held rapport indulgent with humanity,
The Sky Is Crying (song) included on his 1986 album "Live Thorogood". Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded the song during the 1985 "Soul to Soul" sessions, but it was not released until the 1991 posthumous compilation "The Sky Is Crying". Gary Moore recorded it for his 1992 album "Blues Alive". A live version appears on Johnny Winter's "Live in NYC '97" album. In 1998, John Martyn recorded it on his album of covers "The Church with One Bell". Etta James recorded the song for her 2004 Grammy Award-winning "Blues to the Bone" album. Gary B.B. Coleman recorded the song for his 1992 album "Too Much Weekend".