Sunday, October 18, 2009

Whitman: Full of life now...


FULL of life, now, compact, visible,
I, forty years old the Eighty-third Year of The States,
To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence,
To you, yet unborn, these, seeking you.

When you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible;
Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me;
Fancying how happy you were, if I could be with you, and become your
comrade;
Be it as if I were with you. (Be not too certain but I am now with you.)

Don't miss:

  1. Whitman: I think I could turn and live with animals...
  2. Whitman: Resist much, obey little...
  3. Whitman: Song of Myself...

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