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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWILIGHT, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The soft voluptuous opiate shades
Last Line: A haze -- nirwana -- rest and night -- oblivion.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
First Line: The soft voluptuous opiate shades
Last Line: A haze -- nirwana -- rest and night -- oblivion.
Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight
The soft voluptuous opiate shades,
The sun just gone, the eager light dispell'd -- (I too will
soon be gone, dispell'd,)
A haze -- nirwana -- rest and night -- oblivion.
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