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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 48. 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.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 6. Thoughts
  2. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 55. An Evening Lull
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. Fancies at Navesink. 6. Proudly the Flood Comes In
  4. Leaves of Grass. 24. Autumn Rivulets. 12. Outlines for a Tomb [G. P., Buried 1870]
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 6. Apparitions


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