Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO SOAR IN FREEDOM AND IN FULNESS OF POWER, by WALT WHITMAN



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First Line: I have not so much emulated the birds that musically sing
Last Line: Power, joy, volition.
Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty


I have not so much emulated the birds that musically sing,
I have abandon'd myself to flights, broad circles.
The hawk, the seagull, have far more possess'd me than the
canary or mocking-bird,
I have not felt to warble and trill, however sweetly,
I have felt to soar in freedom and in the fullness of
power, joy, volition.





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