Leaves of Grass (1871-72)


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THIS DAY, O SOUL.

THIS day, O Soul, I give you a wondrous mirror;
Long in the dark, in tarnish and cloud it lay—But the
         cloud has pass'd, and the tarnish gone;
. . . Behold, O Soul! It is now a clean and bright
         mirror,
Faithfully showing you all the things of the world.
 
 
 
 
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