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AN EVENING LULL by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: AFTER A WEEK OF PHYSICAL ANGUISH
Last Line: THREE HOURS OF PEACE AND SOOTHING REST OF BRAIN.
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
After a week of physical anguish,
Unrest and pain, and feverish heat,
Toward the ending day a calm and lull comes on,
Three hours of peace and soothing rest of brain.



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