Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE PENDING YEAR, by WALT WHITMAN


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First Line: Have I no weapon-word for thee -- some message brief and fierce?
Last Line: Crouch low thy neck to eleemosynary gifts.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year


Have I no weapon-word for thee -- some message brief and fierce?
(Have I fought out and done indeed the battle?) Is there
no shot left,
For all thy affectations, lisps, scorns, manifold silliness?
Nor for myself -- my own rebellious self in thee?

Down, down, proud gorge! -- though choking thee;
Thy bearded throat and high-borne forehead to the gutter;
Crouch low thy neck to eleemosynary gifts.





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