Walt Whitman

LEAVES OF GRASS
(1891-92 issue)
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Song at Sunset

 Splendor of ended day floating and filling me,
 Hour prophetic, hour resuming the past,
 Inflating my throat, you divine average,
 You earth and life till the last ray gleams I sing.
 
 Open mouth of my soul uttering gladness,
 Eyes of my soul seeing perfection,
 Natural life of me faithfully praising things,
 Corroborating forever the triumph of things.
 
 Illustrious every one!
 Illustrious what we name space, sphere of unnumber'd spirits,
 Illustrious the mystery of motion in all beings, even the tiniest insect,
 Illustrious the attribute of speech, the senses, the body,
 Illustrious the passing light--illustrious the pale reflection on
 the new moon in the western sky,
 Illustrious whatever I see or hear or touch, to the last.
 
 Good in all,
 In the satisfaction and aplomb of animals,
 In the annual return of the seasons,
 In the hilarity of youth,
 In the strength and flush of manhood,
 In the grandeur and exquisiteness of old age,
 In the superb vistas of death.
 
 Wonderful to depart!
 Wonderful to be here!
 The heart, to jet the all-alike and innocent blood!
 To breathe the air, how delicious!
 To speak--to walk--to seize something by the hand!
 To prepare for sleep, for bed, to look on my rose-color'd flesh!
 To be conscious of my body, so satisfied, so large!
 To be this incredible God I am!
 To have gone forth among other Gods, these men and women I love.
 
 Wonderful how I celebrate you and myself
 How my thoughts play subtly at the spectacles around!
 How the clouds pass silently overhead!
 How the earth darts on and on! and how the sun, (...)
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