Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE SAME PICTURE (DEATH'S VALLEY), by WALT WHITMAN



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ON THE SAME PICTURE (DEATH'S VALLEY), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Aye, well I know 'tis ghastly to descend that valley
Last Line: Here, here 'tis limn'd.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Inness, George (1825-1894); Paintings And Painters


Aye, well I know 'tis ghastly to descend that valley:
Preachers, musicians, poets, painters, always render it,
Philosophs exploit -- the battlefield, the ship at sea, the
myriad beds, all lands,
All, all the past have enter'd, the ancientest humanity we know,
Syria's, India's, Egypt's, Greece's, Rome's;
Till now for us under our very eyes spreading the same to-day,
Grim, ready, the same to-day, for entrance, yours and mine,
Here, here 'tis limn'd.





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