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Leaves of Grass (1860)
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BEGINNERS.
HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appear-
ing at intervals,)
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| How dear and dreadful they are to the earth, |
How they inure to themselves as much as to any—
What a paradox appears, their age,
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| How people respond to them, yet know them not, |
How there is something relentless in their fate, all
times,
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How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation
and reward,
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And how the same inexorable price must still be paid
for the same great purchase.
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