Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUPPLEMENT HOURS, by WALT WHITMAN



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First Line: Sane, random, negligent hours
Last Line: The silent sun and stars.


Sane, random, negligent hours,
Sane, easy, culminating hours,
After the flush, the Indian summer, of my life,
Away from Books -- away from Art -- the lesson learn'd, pass'd o'er,
Soothing, bathing, merging all -- the sane, magnetic,
Now for the day and night themselves -- the open air,
Now for the fields, the seasons, insects, trees -- the rain and snow,
Where wild bees flitting hum,
Or August mulleins grow, or winter's snowflakes fall,
Or stars in the skies roll round --
The silent sun and stars.





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