Leaves of Grass (1871-72)


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THOUGHTS.



 

1

OF ownership—As if one fit to own things could not at
         pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate them
         into himself or herself.


 

2

Of waters, forests, hills;
Of the earth at large, whispering through medium of
         me;
Of vista—Suppose some sight in arriere, through the
         formative chaos, presuming the growth, fulness,
         life, now attain'd on the journey;
(But I see the road continued, and the journey ever
         continued;)
—Of what was once lacking on earth, and in due time
         has become supplied—And of what will yet be
         supplied,
Because all I see and know, I believe to have purport
         in what will yet be supplied.
 
 
 
 
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