Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE, by WALT WHITMAN


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First Line: Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man
Last Line: Struggling to-day the same -- battling the same.


Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man;
(Have former armies fail'd? then we send fresh armies --
and fresh again;)
Ever the grappled mystery of all earth's ages old or new;
Ever the eager eyes, hurrahs, the welcome-clapping hands,
the loud applause;
Ever the soul dissatisfied, curious, unconvinc'd at last;
Struggling to-day the same -- battling the same.





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