Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS THE TIME DRAWS NIGH, by WALT WHITMAN



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First Line: As the time draws nigh glooming a cloud
Last Line: O soul, we have positively appear'd -- that is enough.


As the time draws nigh glooming a cloud,
A dread beyond of I know not what darkens me.

I shall go forth,
I shall traverse the States awhile, but I cannot tell
whither or how long,
Perhaps soon some day or night while I am singing my voice
will suddenly cease.

O book, O chants! must all then amount to but this?
Must we barely arrive at this beginning of us? -- and yet
it is enough, O soul;
O soul, we have positively appear'd -- that is enough.





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