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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 19. Halcyon Days


Not from successful love alone,
Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war;
But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm,
As gorgeous, vapory, silent hues cover the evening sky,
As softness, fulness, rest, suffuse the frame, like freshier, balmier air,
As the days take on a mellower light, and the apple at last hangs
      really finish'd and indolent-ripe on the tree,
Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!
The brooding and blissful halcyon days!



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 28. Old Salt Kossabone
  2. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 21. Visor'd
  3. Leaves of Grass. 33. Songs of Parting. 1. As the Time Draws Nigh
  4. Leaves of Grass. 30. Whispers of Heavenly Death. 16. The Last Invocation
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 29. Grand Is the Seen


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