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Leaves of Grass (1871-72)
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GODS.
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THOUGHT of the Infinite—the All! |
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Lover Divine, and Perfect Comrade! |
Waiting, content, invisible yet, but certain, |
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Thou—thou, the Ideal Man! |
Fair, able, beautiful, content, and loving, |
Complete in Body, and dilate in Spirit, |
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O Death—(for Life has served its turn;) |
Opener and usher to the heavenly mansion! |
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Aught, aught, of mightiest, best, I see, conceive, or
know,
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(To break the stagnant tie—thee, thee to free, O Soul.) |
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Or thee, Old Cause, whene'er advancing; |
All great Ideas, the races' aspirations, |
All that exalts, releases thee, my Soul! |
All heroisms, deeds of rapt enthusiasts, |
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Or shape of Earth, divine and wondrous! |
Or shape in I myself—or some fair shape, I, viewing,
worship,
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Or lustrous orb of Sun, or star by night: |
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