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09/02/2010

Whispers of Heavenly Death

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Whispers of heavenly death murmur'd I hear, Labial gossip of night, sibilant chorals, Footsteps gently ascending, mystical breezes wafted soft and low, Ripples of unseen rivers, tides of a current flowing, forever flowing, (Or is it the plashing of tears? the measureless waters of human tears?) I see, just see skyward, great cloud-masses, Mournfully slowly they roll, silently swelling and mixing, With at times a half-dimm'd sadden'd far-off star, Appearing and disappearing. (Some parturition rather, some solemn immortal birth; On the frontiers to eyes impenetrable, Some soul is passing over.) continua

08/02/2010

BOOK XXX. WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH

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Darest Thou Now O Soul Darest thou now O soul, Walk out with me toward the unknown region, Where neither ground is ...continua

08/02/2010

BOOK XXIX

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To Think of Time 1 To think of time—of all that retrospection, To think of to-day, and the ...continua

08/02/2010

Transpositions

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Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever bawling—let an idiot or insane person appear on each ...continua

08/02/2010

BOOK XXVIII

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The Sleepers 1 I wander all night in my vision, Stepping with light feet, swiftly and noiselessly ...continua

07/02/2010

BOOK XXVII

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Prayer of Columbus A batter'd, wreck'd old man, Thrown on this savage shore, far, far from home, Pent by the sea and ...continua

07/02/2010

BOOK XXVI

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Passage to India 1 Singing my days, Singing the great achievements of the present, Singing the ...continua

07/02/2010

BOOK XXV

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Proud Music of the Storm 1 Proud music of the storm, Blast that careers so free, whistling ...continua