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Leaves of Grass (1891-92)
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SPAIN, 1873-74
| OUT of the murk of heaviest clouds, |
| Out of the feudal wrecks and heap'd-up skeletons of kings, |
| Out of that old entire European debris, the shatter'd mummeries, |
| Ruin'd cathedrals, crumble of palaces, tombs of priests, |
Lo, Freedom's features fresh undimm'd look forth—the same
immortal face looks forth;
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| (A glimpse as of thy Mother's face Columbia, |
| A flash significant as of a sword, |
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| Nor think we forget thee maternal; |
| Lag'd'st thou so long? shall the clouds close again upon thee? |
| Ah, but thou hast thyself now appear'd to us—we know thee, |
| Thou hast given us a sure proof, the glimpse of thyself, |
| Thou waitest there as everywhere thy time. |
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