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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 3. You Tides with Ceaseless Swell


You tides with ceaseless swell! you power that does this work!
You unseen force, centripetal, centrifugal, through space's spread,
Rapport of sun, moon, earth, and all the constellations,
What are the messages by you from distant stars to us? what Sirius'?
      what Capella's?
What central heart—and you the pulse—vivifies all? what boundless
      aggregate of all?
What subtle indirection and significance in you? what clue to all in
      you? what fluid, vast identity,
Holding the universe with all its parts as one—as sailing in a ship?



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 35. Italian Music in Dakota
  2. Leaves of Grass. 33. Songs of Parting. 14. Portals
  3. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 38. The Prairie States
  4. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 17. A Christmas Greeting
  5. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 6. Proudly the Flood Comes In


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